Wedding Gift

The happy newly weds with their watercolor portrait! 

Cherry Blossom Apron

I was invited to my friend's bridal shower back in 2009. I had heard she was going to Japan for her honeymoon so I decided to paint an apron with the famous cherry blossoms. I used acrylic paint and a white apron from Michael's arts and craft store and finished it in a few hours. If I had more time I would have definitely added more detail, but overall I like the way it came out.

painting

At this point I wasn't sure what colors to do for the baby's clothing. I knew I wanted to do a Mexican textile themed fabric, or at least colors that would be influenced by the Mexican culture. Jeniva had suggested to incorporate the Mexican soccer team jersey into the baby's clothing. I was also going to leave a space for the emblem.

adding a background

As I was painting I couldn't decide on a background, but I couldn't leave the canvas white. At least with some color I was able to see if I liked it or not.

more color

The photograph I had as refrence had a lot of contrast and lots of white. I didn't want to do the painting as an exact copy of the photograph so I made some decisions on what their clothes should look like.

More paint

Adding more paint. deciding on a color palette.

Progress

Still very early on with the painting. I took a lot of photos of the progress of the painting as the days went by.

Begining of a Painting

I was asked by my friend, Jeniva, to do a painting for her wedding as a gift to her fiance, Gabriel. I started sketching out the image of Gabriel as a baby with his mom holding him for the painting. This was the very first part of the painting process and I used an old photograph as reference.

Yolanda

This is a painting of Yolanda, a refugee from Togo.

Lourdes

This painting is part of the immigrant series. Lourdes is from Peru remembering her hometown.

Arm study

This is a small acrylic painting done in one of my figure painting classes.

Flowers

I chose photos of flowers I took to create this painting.

Flower

Acrylic painting of flower; not finished.

Portrait from Series

This painting was part of the series of immigrants in the US. In the background is an old image of Ecuador which represents the past.

Deer painting

Cloth study painting.

tromp l'oeil painting

A small acrylic painting of envelopes, stamps, and a postcard that I set up. The goal of this painting was to do it in a tromp l'oeil style; which means deception of the eye.

Acrylic Painting of woman from Eritrea

This is a painting of one woman I met at the refugee center from Eritrea.

Paintings and Drawings

Here is a collection of my paintings and drawings. I hope you enjoy the work.