Commission!!!

Greenville, Downtown

18"x24" oil

SOLD

This may look like a familiar scene to you by now. I love downtown Greenville, and so do most people who have walked or driven down Main Street. I have done a few paintings similar to this one. Recently, a young man commissioned me to one for he and his wife's one year anniversary. He had tried to win the downtown painting that I donated  at a silent auction for Trees Greenville, but was outbid. He asked if I could do one similar, so this is the result. I just delivered it to him on Thursday evening and then treated myself to a delicious Greek salad at Kozani's. I sat outdoors at one of the very same tables that are in the scene. How cool is that?!

The dog in the painting is a depiction of his doggy. I had never met him or his wife, only through email, and so I had no idea how old they were or what they looked like, but it turned out that his wife is blonde!
Commissions are very scary for me. I get so nervous about them. I'd much rather do a painting and then have someone see it and decide they can't live without it and purchase it, but it's also nice when someone trusts me to do a special one for them. He seemed to like it very much and thought his wife would too.
This is my second commission for this year. That is a record for me so far. May they be the first of many.
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Boy and His Ball #5

Boy and His Ball #5
6x6 oil
$175.

These are so fun to paint. I love little boys at this age. 

Thanks for looking.

jacki

New painting. Beautiful Downtown Greenville

Downtown Greenville

18"x24x1.5" oil on stretched canvas

$550. plus shipping

Yikes,after reading my New Year's Painting goals, so far this year has been a major fail. The only thing I have kept up with is painting daily,well, almost.
I started this painting last year and just recently decided to go back and finish it. I love to do paintings of downtown Greenville (SC) and plan to do many more. I will probably always have a dog or two in them because Greenville is the dog walking-est place I've ever seen!!!

SOLD Saturday Morning on Main Street, Downtown Greenville, SC

I finished this one a few days ago, but was unalble to post it because our card reader for the camera wore out. Dave picked up a new one, so here it is. Very fun to paint, again, I wish I would have done it larger. Thing is, I have a bunch of these panels, from Blick. They are very nice, with 1/2 inch sides on them that I will paint, probably black, so there is no need for a frame. They are all small, though. This is 8"x8".
You will notice the people are a little different than the first time I posted this. I painted over them and then regretted it because they weren't as bad as I thought. So, I redid them.
I took the original photo for my reference, around April 1st, then after starting the painting later in the month, I went back to the same location and much to my surprise, the striped awning was gone. The restaurant there had remodeled or something.

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