Lee Monument Work In Progress

Work In Progress. All the pencil work will be finished today but the color of the graffiti will take a day or so to do. 

Lee Monument Work In Progress

Hope to be finished with this by Monday.

Lee Monument - Work In Progress

After a ton of both positive and negative responses, as well as some hate emails (literally) I decided to take the Pleinair painting and ramp it up. The other day I posted a work in progress pic, and this is just showing my progress. Once I get finished, I plan to paint the graffiti in color. 

Lee Monument

Since I got such a positive response from the pleinair painting, I decided to do a high detailed drawing of the statue. Standby. 

Father's Day Portrait Commission

Father's Day Portrait Commission

14x19

Acrylic

Lee Monument Pleinair

Maria & Ronnie

Maria & Ronnie

11x14

Graphite

This portrait commission is particularly special to me because of the story behind the two. I grew up in a cult, and about the age of 8 or 9, the Rider Family began coming to church with us. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters. I was friends with their oldest son, Jerry who was around the same age as me. Unfortunately, Jerry drowned when we were both 14 in the same lake that my brother would drown in a few years later. After I left the cult, I lost touch with everyone, but a few years ago, Stacy, Maria's daughter got in contact with me through Facebook. Then, I was able to reconnect with her mom and dad, and sister. In 2015, I got a phone call from my mom that Ronnie, Maria's son, was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. Unfortunately, he will most likely never regain consciousness. While I was honored to be able to draw this portrait for Maria, it was also a sorrowful experience.