Catching Up....

I've been working on several different paintings in the last month; a couple of them have been commissions and a couple have been bit by bit between the commissions.  Here they are....

"1950 Dodge Pickup with MOPAR Christmas Tree"; 9" x 13"  Watercolor and Ink on paper
Commissioned Artwork

"Love and a Lab"; Watercolor and Ink on 11" x 15" paper
SOLD!

"Black Cherry and Pistachio Motorcycles"; Watercolor and Ink on 16" x 17" paper
Commissioned Piece 

For Pete's Sake, It's George's Motorcycle....

A bit of delay in getting this up on here but here's the Harley Motorcycle commissioned I finished.  I call it "For Pete's Sake, It's George's Motorcycle."  The friend that I did this for, his real name is George but a lot of his friends call him Pete.  Talk about identity crisis! lol... he fortunately loved his painting and here it is...

" For Pete's Sake, It's Geogre's Motorcycle"; Watercolor and Ink on 14" x 14" Paper.
Commissioned Piece

Happy Holidays!!

I wanted to wish all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  All of the Christmas orders have been taken and filled... I put the finishing touches on the last one this last Thursday night.  I had quite a few this year and here's some that I know have already been given out before Christmas that I can share with you....

"CCR Customized Motorcycle"; Watercolor and Ink on 11" x 14" paper.

"Blue Fairlane, His Baby", Watercolor and Ink on 11" x 14" paper.

"His 56 ", Watercolor and Ink on 11" x 14" paper.

The two above were for the same person and were commissioned by his family at his request.  I designed them so that they can hang side by side.  I've seen both of these cars at local car cruises and they are amazing.  There's more commissions that I can't show here yet because I don't want to ruin the Christmas surprises.  There's dogs, a cat, and a house.  I'm hoping to post them after Christmas here.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!

Stormy Duo Glide

Yes, the last Duo Glide motorcycle painting was a bit "girlie" as I was told by one male friend.  I will admit that the colors did give it more of a feminine type feel.  I also had more of my female friends on Face Book that liked it than the guys.  

So with that in mind, I thought that I would do another painting of it but with more "male" colors; blues, browns.  So this is the result of doing that...

"Stormy Duo Glide"; Watercolor & Ink on 14" x 22" Paper.

I call it " Stormy Duo Glide".  I welcome any feedback or comments.  Thanks for stopping by!

A Duo-Glide Dream,,,

And yet, another motorcycle painting.  This one is based off of another photo that I took while visiting the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, IA.  I call this one " A Duo-Glide Dream".  The motorcycle is based on the front end of a Duo Glide motorcycle; anyway, that's what it says on the motorcycle in the picture.  I need to learn more about motorcycles and maybe by painting them I will pick up something's along the way?  Well, one can hope? :)  I call this a dream because of the dream-like quality that I did in the background.  I really just wanted to focus on the front of the motorcycle.  But here it is.....

"A Duo-Glide Dream"; Watercolor on 14" x 22" paper.

I would love to hear any feedback you may have and thanks for stopping by!

The Old Indian...

Earlier in the year, I did a motorcycle painting for my brother.  It was a gift for his birthday.  I had so many of his motorcycle friends that were giving me compliments about his painting that I thought it be fun to try another motorcycle.  

About 2 months ago, I went with my boyfriend on a Sunday drive.  Our destination was the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.  I took several photos at the museum hoping to use the photos as subjects for further paintings.  Meanwhile, I was constantly reminding my motor-head boyfriend about the “do not touch” signs that hung on each motorcycle.  I was concerned about either his drooling or touching harming these bikes.  But I will say that I took a ton of photos because there were some pretty amazing motorcycles at the museum.  I would highly recommend visiting the National Motorcycle Museum for anyone that is even remotely a fan of motorcycles.  

Among the motorcycles was this older Indian Motorcycle that I was just enamored with the head lights and a round metal piece that had an Indian’s face in.  It almost looked like a face plate for a horn or something like that.  I’m unsure what exactly it was used for, or perhaps, it was just for decoration on the motorbike?  Who knows?  But I had to paint it!  I played with a great deal of colors on this painting and it was rather fun.  Here is what I call- “The Old Indian”…

"The Old Indian"; Watercolor on 12" x 18" paper.

In fact, I had so much fun painting this motorcycle I think I would like to try some more.  So don't be surprised if you see some more motorcycles in the future here.  Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear your feedback.

A Brother's Birthday Painting...

My little brother whose six foot frame towers above me has a birthday coming up later this week.  He's really into riding his Harley motorcycle when the weather allows and he has the free time.  I thought he might like this painting for his birthday.  It's based off of a road trip photo I took when I was at Cannon Beach.  I hope he likes it and doesn't mind that I don't know if either of these motorcycles are Harley's.  I'll admit that I don't know my motorbikes because I'm much more into the two wheeled unmotored bikes.  But here it is with a bit of a glimpse into the background of how it evolved into the finished piece...

"Cannon Beach Bike Break"; Watercolor on 12" x 23" cold press paper.

Here's the beginning drawing with masking...

Then the first bit of washing of the background and some prelim painting done...

And a bit more of painting done...

And here it is all finished again....



 

Thanks for stopping by and I would LOVE to hear any feedback you may have!