In my studio

Custom home re-design

If it could really be this easy.

 

So, a customer purchased my custom home portrait ornament and along with her image sent the following requests:  When painting the ornament please eliminate the car in the driveway, the telephone pole, the garbage cans, the bare bushes which obscure the house to the left of the front door and the bare tree which is blocking the front door.

Don't you wish reworking the landscape around your house could be this easy!  With just a few swipes of a super large brush all those little things that drive you crazy, or take up a huge portion of your weekend could quickly be eliminated, fixed or built!

My yard boys ~ my husband and, when he's home from college, my son ~ could go from head scratching, hauling, digging, sawing and constructing to simply requesting a few minor changes to the backyard.

With a bit of erasing here, a swoosh of the brush there to add a little texture and color, and wallah you're ready for dinner on the deck!  

Unfortunately, life doesn't work like that.  So I'll go back to sketching, painting and filling customer requests and my husband will go back to planting, raking and fulfilling my requests :)

If you'd like more information on custom painted portraits, please click here.  If you'd like to hire out my husband click here.  :) just kidding, he's a keeper.

In my studio

New works in process

 Paintings and Ornaments

 This family portrait, in the process of being painted, is a Christmas gift for my customers grandparents.  Using her photo as inspiration, the image is painted with acrylics onto an 8x10 inch acid free, cold press paper to look like a Polaroid picture.

When composing the scene, I cropped her original image down to this size, and focused on the four family members.

I adore this picture of four brothers hanging out in a tree, and think it's going to be one of my favorites custom ornaments once finished. 

 Two best friends ~ sketched, outlined, painted and fired in my kiln.  It really is amazing how different glaze colors are once fired.

A baby boy crawling towards the camera, an image forever memorialized on an ornament.  I love the funny perspective and think this has to be another one of my favorites! 

This adorable ornament is a thank you gift for my husbands cousin and her husband, who let us stay in their gorgeous NYC apartment last Thanksgiving.  Well, my two babies will be home from college in a few hours (Yippeeeee!!!) so I need to get my act together.

If you'd like more information on Custom Portrait Polaroid Paintings or Custom Portrait Ornaments please click here

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

Gifts for the hostess

A few holiday gift giving ideas for your favorite hostess.

Do not wait until the last minute to start shopping for that great party hostess, or for the one who always has the door open and wine chilled!

Christmas in July

Hand painted portrait ornaments
for the 2011 holiday season.

Another set of hand painted portrait ornaments - drawn, painted, kiln fired and ready for the Christmas tree.

Visit my shop here if you would like to order a portrait ornament or for more information on my hand painted pottery ornaments.

Just in time for the Holidays

 HANDMADE GIFT IDEA

Custom Painted Portrait Ornaments

If you're in the process of figuring out your Christmas or Holiday List may I suggest these whimsical custom painted portrait ornaments, handmade from your photograph.  They would make the perfect personalized gift for parents, grandparents, newlyweds, baby's first birthday or for your own Christmas tree or Holiday decor.

CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY GIFT LIST:

FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM

 

Each ornament is hand drawn onto a 3.5 inch round pottery ornament, hand painted with lead-free glazes then fired in my kiln.

Ornaments can be personalized with names and dates or, for newlyweds, with their wedding date.

FOR NEWLYWEDS OR NEWLY ENGAGED COUPLES

 FOR THE SPORTS FAN

 FOR GRANDPARENTS

FOR PARENTS

 

FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

 

If you are interested in more information on these custom painted portrait ornaments, click here   I would love to create a special heirloom gift for you and your loved ones!