Magnolia

Bride

Merry-go-round

This is a piece I did of my daughter, it is currently hanging above our fireplace mantel. The original doesn't have this black frame on it, all the piece on this blog will have faux frames, (the frames don't exist). This pieces is printed on canvas and stretched over stretcher bars. I painted it for her bedroom but it is the only art piece I have that fits the space over my fireplace for right now. Again the piece is done with Corel Painter.

Introduction to Painter

In 2005 a friend of mine came to my house with the most beautiful pictures of her daughter. I could tell the picture was not straight from the camera and I knew it wasn't photoshopped but I had no idea what she had done.  It was then that she introduced me to Corel Painter. After a crash course she had me hooked and I quickly bought my Corel Painter program along with my Wacom Tablet (A must for digital artists). This was my first picture I did in Painter. You can see from the original picture what an incredible difference. I love Painter because you can take an ordinary picture and turn it into something unique.

Girl With Flowers

This was my first digital painting done in photoshop using the art history tool. Photoshop is somewhat limiting in what you can do but it worked well for this piece.