Half-Hour Portrait

This squirmy little cutie pie would much rather have been outside with her dad than inside getting her portrait painted. But I'm so glad she managed to hold semi-still, because I love the result!

Pet Portrait

I've always been partial to black and white dogs. Local friends, can you guess who this is?

Half-Hour Portrait

This kid may have the biggest set of eyelashes I've ever seen. This portrait is also from a photo--one with a nice, strong contrast between dark and light, which is my ideal.

Half-Hour Portrait

I usually don't like to work from photos of big smiles, since it's hard to make them look natural in a painting. But this one worked out OK.