Live Wedding Painting in the Outer Banks

 THIS LIVE WEDDING PAINTING WAS LAST year right as the summer season was coming to a close. We decided to go a day early, sight see and enjoy a few of the restaurants. I've always loved sandpipers and it's crazy how close you can get to them. It always amazes me that just as a wave comes crashing in, you just know it's about to swallow one of them whole...and it flies off in the nick of time. 

Go Fish Project

 SCATTERED AROUND RICHMOND, HERE AND there, are these whimsical fish sculptures (I think about 200 or so) that were originated by the 1708 Gallery that brought awareness to the restoration of the Rockfish back into the James River. They were originally sculpted by Alex Nunnally and companies would sponsor them. This one was acquired by The Edgeworth Building, and I was commissioned to come up with a design for the fish. Last weekend I power-sprayed it in our backyard and will begin repairing and repainting it in the upcoming days.  

Live Wedding Painting - Allison and Matt

 Allison and Matt

Balcony Downs

Buena Vista, VA

Custom Pet Portraits

 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TYPE of pet portraits to do. A photograph of the pet is provided, and I get the opportunity to draw them in a comical way. This particular one was taken from four different photographs and the result was exactly what the client wanted. 

Kayakers At Sunset

 Kayakers at Sunset

Oil

18x24

Original available at Crossroads Art Center

Sunset Under the Belle Isle Suspension Bridge

 Sunset Under the Belle Isle Suspension Bridge

Oil

11x14

$400

This original oil painting of a sunset under the Belle Isle Suspension Bridge is available for purchase at Crossroads Art Center. Prints are available at my etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4360043830/sunset-under-the-belle-isle-suspension

What The Actual Hell...

I WAS AT THE VMFA NOT too long ago and the bottom 3 images were painted/sculpted by artists 100 or more years ago. The top 2 are works of "art" that were completed in recent years. While I understand that an art museum's purpose is to conserve and exhibit art for educational and enjoyment purposes, it's my understanding that the art displayed should exhibit the best of what is culturally relevant for that time. 

If the top two pieces are the best of what is culturally relevant for our time, future generations will most definitely look back and think, 'what in the actual hell was going on? Is that the best they had to offer society?' Based off of what is in their modern art collection, yes. This is as good as it got for us.