This painting was a commission for an insert on a vintage coffee-table. The client provided all the inspirational stones, the shell, the delicate tiny horseshoe crab, and the wonderful piece of driftwood, as well as the unpainted wood insert. The request was for green marble with subtle markings. I do enjoy painting all the various textures!
I was concerned when I was given 16 small stones and asked to paint them in a grid, on a white (cream) background, on a square canvas (14″ X 14″). In the end, I was delighted! I love this piece. The drama of the individual stones really works. Yes, I did enlarge each stone greatly, but I kept them in their original proportions to each other. I chose to paint minimal but essential shadows.
This small wood box is painted in fluid acrylics in the “Fool the Eye” style of Trompe L’Oeil. Yes it is all paint: The three cards and the marble (inside and out) are all part of the illusion. It is 6″ X 4″ X 2″ , $80 plus shipping.
I painted this fawn in acrylic on a 8″ X 12″ canvas. Do you see ‘Mom’ behind her? I love that she looks confidently out at the viewer. I based the painting on a photo taken by my late cousin Heidi Laughton and it is dedicated to her with love. The framed painting is for sale at $175 plus shipping within the USA.
