Clarinet Player

A customer requested a simple impression of herself playing the clarinet, something she has done most of her life. Since I had no good photographic visuals, I had to imagine a simple stylistic rendition of her. After minor adjustments, she accepted this, and it will be sent off to her in a week or so.
Joy to the World

From a free photo I transformed the images into toddler Jesus and Mary whose life at that time had to be full of joy.
Carter’s House

Another nephew and another house request. This is a first home purchase so quite special. The black cat was part of the request.
Carolina Wren

As much as I find birds to be wonderful subjects of color and their feathery forms so tempting to paint, they are indeed deceptively challenging in those specific proportions that say “wren” or “jay” or “sparrow”.