Happy Sweet 16 Kayla

"Beautiful You" 16x20"
Acrylic on Canvas
June 2012

Still trying to embrace the intuitive painting process with this latest painting "Beautiful You." I painted this as a Sweet 16 gift for Kayla. I hope she likes it...I do. A few close-ups below.

Reaching New Heights

I started this painting 3 or 4 months ago hoping to give it to a dear friend for her Birthday. Not liking the outcome too much, I decided to redo only the top half of the painting because I really love how the trees at the bottom turned out...the two trees on top, not so much! 

"Reaching New Heights"
24 x 30 Acrylic, marker, assorted papers on canvas

This is the final piece, finished the day before her birthday. The photo quality is poor...I just couldn't eliminate that darn light reflection. I'm much happier with the two focal trees, but everything turned out a bit darker than I would have liked. It was a fun experiment and I had fun painting it.

Close-up of lower trees.