I have had the pleasure over the years of creating special pieces of both art and pottery for various customers. Creating custom artwork can be really fun, challenging and rewarding. I like taking on custom work, because it often takes me out of my comfort zone or challenges me to do things that I didn't know I could do or to find a new way of looking at something.
I remember doing special projects for people as far back as high school and feeling so proud that someone would not only trust me with their vision for the thing that they wanted to be created, but that they would give me money to do it.
Most of my artistic life has been spent as a painter using oils and more recently acrylics. Three years ago I became a potter which has been a never ending journey into various techniques for making and glazing. In addition to these areas of experience, I have often been called up to expand my repertoire and create pieces in media that I have little experience with which is especially fun.
My "People on the Couch" series of paintings is always a unique adventure as I create them from a customers candid snapshots of themselves and/or loved ones on the couch.
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| I love this painting from a 1960's family snapshot |
This one was created without any people in it from a series of snapshots of family pets and favorite items for a special Graduation couch picture.
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| See more couch paintings here |
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| A wooden blue hen painted as a fundraiser for the Newark Arts Alliance in Newark, De. |
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| A large hand thrown bowl glazed with my well known colorful cows |
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| A whimsical cat painting featuring a "cat in the beanstalk" |
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| A really neat project. A lineage of piano teachers from Beethoven to my clients husband painted to look like parchment. |
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| A custom yarn bowl for an Irish shop in Delaware |
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| A little acrylic guitar and keyboard painting for a teen |
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| Donut shaped Salt and peppers |
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| A door sign for a bake shop |
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| a spoon rest |
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| A whole set of large, colorful cappuccino mugs |
Have an idea for custom art that you would like to see brought to fruition? Feel free to contact me!
