This is a series of baby portraits in pastel I did for a lady who is pregnant with triplet boys!!  Addison is her first child and will be the princess of the house so she wanted a series of her to commemorate when life was a little simpler.  We had lots of pictures to choose from and the challenge was to choose just the right ones, ones that really showed off Addison's cute little personality.  Then I had to decide on backgounds that would compliment each other and play with the light source a little to give some dramatic shadows.  You don't always get such a cute subject to work with so this was a really fun project.  I can't wait to do portraits of those boys!

	This pet portrait commission in pastel is a group of poodles that a client asked for.  Only three of them were still living so two were taken from very old photographs.  They asked me to leave room for possibly another dog to come in the future so the layout on the page is a little lopsided.  We had a lot of communication back and forth to make sure that the animals were a good likeness, that the three white dogs didn't end up all looking identical and that their sizes were correct in relation to each other.
This is a pastel portrait of my grandmother's house that she lived in for almost 60 years before she passed away this past summer.  My mother and her siblings were raised here, I feel like I was raised here.  It was sold to a nice family with a young child, so we know that it will be well taken care of but they have already removed the deck in the front which was a favorite spot for my Mem to sit and read her paper in the morning sun.  I used a series of old photos and new ones to depict it as I knew my mother would like to see it.  I added flowers all over the yard and took out or covered some of the surrounding detail (like the neighbors house which should be on the left).  It was a gift for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary.
The stories behind your portraits are SO important and I want to hear all of the details you can give me!