Blaise on a Sunny Rock

Landscape with Longhorn

Finished this one in Lilli Pell's class on Thursday.

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By the Quiet Stream

I really enjoyed painting this one from a photo of my daughter, Laurel. The original painting is definitely better than the photo of it. This currently on display at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

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Neighbors

This was painted from one of the photos I took of some goats in my neighborhood. It taught me that if I want to paint animals, I HAVE to start out with a good drawing before starting with the paint. Not doing so made this a lot harder than it needed to be.

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The Man from the Valley

I saw this man on the street in East Austin and immediately knew that I wanted to paint him. He very kindly let me take some photos of him, and this is the resulting painting.

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