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My Skates
“My Skates”
Oil on Canvas
9×12
2008
Original Available
My brothers all wanted to take up hockey, so we went out to all buy skates, I came home with the nicest pair. RBK 8k’s – nicest skate at the time. What does that matter? Not much. To this date, I have only made it around the ice rink about 3 times, [...]
Brenda – Portraits with Interior
“Brenda”
Oil on Canvas
22×34
2008
Collection of Brenda Wicks
In this portrait of Brenda, we have a beautiful interior to complement the mood of the painting.
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Good Morning Sunshine
“Good Morning Sunshine”
Oil on Canvas
2008
28×42
Original Available
A follow up from the painting Leslie at 8 months Here is Leslie and her daughter Hazel. This entire painting was done from life, and we had to change may things as we went along as Hazel was growing. When we started Hazel was 3 months old, when we finished she [...]
Dually
“Dually”
Oil on Canvas
2007
11×11
Collection of Robb and Gail Simpson
Dually is a beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog. People can say that painting a black dog is hard, and people can say that painting a lot of fur is hard, but I had more fun with all those big brushstrokes on this one, it makes me want to paint [...]
Leslie at 8 Months
“Leslie at 8 Months”
Oil on Canvas
2007
36×48
Collection of Leslie & Tony Stoy
We started this portrait when Leslie just found out she was pregnant. Being that we painted her from life, we had no idea where her “belly” was going to grow. As Leslie was sitting in the chair she looked so causal, so we decided to [...]
Kyle
“Kyle”
Oil on Canvas
2007
16×20
Collection of Kyle Shanahan
I have never has so many hits on my website as I do for the football player Kyle Shanahan. Which this is not, but this makes me appreciate my very uncommon name.
Kyle here was also painted from life approx 40 hours.
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Dan
“Dan”
Oil on Canvas
2007
16×20
Collection of Dan Blageo
Dan had just had his braces removed. His girlfriend is a ortho-assistant too. So we HAD to show off those very expensive nice looking teeth! Dan is also a very outgoing, very fun guy, so to have him laughing was SO him. The only problem, when you paint a portrait [...]
Steve Jr
“Steve Jr”
Oil on Canvas
2007
16×20
Collection of Steve Fulmek, Jr
Drawn 100% from life, this took about 40 hours total to complete. This was challenging for my very active brother, but we did it. Just broke it down into 3 hour sessions, and a break every 20-30 min. feww…
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Angus
“Angus”
Oil on Canvas
2007
9×12
Original Available
Framed
Angus is a beautiful Shire owned by my friend Jonathan. One day I went out to visit. I climbed up in the truck to climb up onto his custom made saddle. Once I got up there, I had the best ride ever. Have you ever cantered on a Shire? It was like [...]