Snow Leopard 3/4/2014

The leopard is finished except for the whiskers which I will paint once his fur is dry. I am now about to embark on the background. The top third of the painting will be sky and trees, the middle will be snow and the bottom third will have snow and rocks. I am very pleased so far - the spots have been a wonderful challenge!

The cat itself is more vibrant in the actual painting, with fur that consists of a blend of burnt sienna, yellows, grey and white.

Snow Leopard

At long last I finally have a bit of time to update to my current painting - The Snow Leopard. I have been looking forward to painting a snow leopard for over a year, since I started painting the Big Cats and I was so blessed when a wonderful couple came into the gallery and commissioned my snow leopard. I have been working on it for a few weeks now, including a week to do all prep and drawing. I was interrupted for 7 days when I was away on a ski trip in Utah, but came back so refreshed that I have been able to pour my energy into painting this rare and beautiful creature! I have been working from a variety of different photographs taken by Anita Erdmann. So here are 2 progress shots so far, and more to come in the next week or two...

P.S: the photograph taken seems a little dull in comparison to the painting, not capturing the vibrancy of an underlying yellow in the fur.

Almost completed

I hope to be completing this painting in a week or so! I still have the rest of the bead-work to do aswell as the background, but it's coming along well....

This painting will be for sale at Pacific Crest Gallery in South Lake Tahoe!

12/20/2013

I am making good progress on my Maasai woman. I have finished the woman's face and am now about to start on the baby she is holding. Keep your eyes peeled, I will be finishing sometime in January :-)

Massai Woman

Here are the first couple of updates for my new painting! The painting will be of a mother and child, with vibrant oranges, reds and intricate and brightly coloured beaded jewelery!

The Elk is finished!

I have made such great time that I have managed to finish my elk painting before my trip to South Africa... with just 2 days to spare!! I hope you all enjoy it and especially the new owners; John & Theresa Barr!

I arrive back from South Africa on October 30th, so please check back in November!

Here is a quick snapshot of the final result ... the painting will be professionally photographed and once it has, I will try remember to post it (much more impressive) ...

9/8 update

The days are flying by as I prepare for my trip to South Africa and work on my painting. I am making excellent time, with very long hour days, but it's so motivating in this last stretch to complete the elk in time, that despite being tired, I am enjoying myself.

Today I will continue on the antlers, which are of course quite difficult, you could imagine them to be similar to some tree types where you have to capture the texture and 'grain'. Once these are finished I will power on through for the rest of the week while working on the foreground. The bulk of the elk's legs will be hidden behind tall grass which will also pull the painting together and build the perspective I want.

Here's an update from yesterday: