Category Archives: boys room

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Let’s go Red Sox! {clap clap} {CLAPCLAPCLAP}

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Tonight is the first game of the 2013 World Series featuring some of my close personal friends…
From Left to Right: Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Jackie Bradley, Mike Napoli & David Ross

They stopped by Beth Israel (aka my real job) after the marathon bombings to say thanks, be awesome & check out my window.  Job well done. 

LET’S GO RED SOX!!  
{clap clap} {CLAPCLAPCLAP!}
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Safari Painting for Baby Ryan

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This huge 36″ x 24″ painting was done for Ryan whose Mom wanted a bright, colorful, happy Safari scene.  Ryan’s walls are painted a neutral color so the sides of this painting were done in alternating dark and light green stripes to really make it stand off the wall.  The happy characters are intentionally kept very simple to keep the painting from being overwhelming to baby.  
Ryan’s date-of-birth was snuck into the painting on a leaf in the zebra’s mouth and Ryan’s loving Mother is represented by the giraffe who’s giving her son’s name a good snuggle.  

From rough sketch to final product:

 This painting was designed to grow with Baby Ryan- being young enough to be appropriate for a nursery and also bright enough to be able to transition easily into a toddler’s room.  Email me if you’d like a painting made for your little one or if you have questions about price, sizing or anything else.  All questions are welcome.   

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Before & After: the Painting Process

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Makeover shows, be them human or residential, are a major weakness of mine.  Mostly because I love a good before-and-after picture.  I love seeing a neglected little kitchen in Iowa that hasn’t been updated since Reagan was in office be turned into a gormet cookery fit for the White House.  It’s so satisfying to see the design come to life and the before-and-after shot at the end is what makes it all come together.

The same is true for paintings.  Whenever I’m asked to do a custom painting I always start with a sketch to make sure the customer and I are on the same page.  Once the drawing is approved, I get ‘er painted up and no many how many times I go through the process I still love seeing the before and after shot at the end.    

For instance, you can go from hand-colored sketch to nice looking piece of art (if I do say so myself):

From an idea in a notebook to a wall-sized triptych that is now the highlight of Lil’ Dillon’s room.  

From a basic scribble to a full-blown stadium.

From outline to outstanding….ya, I just said that.  
Click HERE to see more before-and-afters.  

And feel free to email me if you have an idea for a painting…or if you just want to talk about muffins. 

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Aden’s Pet Dinosaur

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Just listed this custom picture frame for Aden on my Etsy page.

10″x11″ kickstand picture frame with a 3″x5″ opening hand painted with acrylic paint and sealed with acrylic sealer to protect from sticky fingers.  Makes an excellent gift!

***I will only accepting Christmas orders until Dec. 5th this year because of holiday travel mid month so please get your order in soon if you’d like to commission a custom piece of artwork.***

Other characters, colors and sizes available.  Contact me and we’ll get started. 

Christmas is only 45 days away!!

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The USS Harlan Richardson Moore

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I just finished this painting for a little boy named Harlan to hang in his nursery.  Harlan has a big brother named Lucian, you may remember his monkey pirate ship painting from last year.  
Here are some more pictures of the painting or go check out the slideshow.
The Cuddle Distrobution gauge is set to Mom.

While the Father Figure dial is clearly reading Dad.
(In real life Harlan’s dad has a much larger anchor tattooed on his chest.)  

A tender little crab.

Harlan’s name is the ship’s namesake.

And his date and time of birth are represented in the gauges below:

This worm obviously hasn’t been informed about why he’s at the end of a fishing line wrapped around a hook.  Ah, sweet ignorance. 

Contact me if you’d like to order a custom painting or for pricing. 
Thanks for looking!