New picture frame for Sofia. Contact me for one of your own. Makes a great Christmas present.
Included in the painting are Vivan’s favorite stuffed animals, herself and of course, a girl’s best friend, her dog, Milo.
Vivan wasn’t home to see the painting in person when I dropped it off but luckily her Mom shot me this adorable play-by-play of when she first saw it:
“I wanted to let you know about Vivian’s reaction when she first saw your painting. She saw it as soon as she walked into her room yesterday afternoon, and did a total double-take. Then she pointed at Dolly in the picture and said her name, and went to grab the actual Dolly from her toy bin so she could hold her just like she is in the picture. Then she pointed at each of her “friends” in the picture and named them, and also pointed out Milo. I asked her if she liked the picture, and she said, “Yesssss!””
Reactions like that make this job even sweeter, if that’s possible.
And, as if that weren’t enough, piggy-backed on top of all that sweetness was this painting also done for Vivian commissioned by the original word-of-mouth advertiser, the customer I painted Ryan’s Safari for. 
Little V is a second generation Chinese-American, this is her birth animal, the tiger and her name written in Chinese characters. It was painted to coordinate-with but not necessarily match the playground painting in order to keep the room from looking too “theme-y” (which is definitely a word) and topped off with a distressed white frame.
Thanks for stopping by and please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions if you’d like your own custom nursery artwork!
…don’t be a stranger, ya’hear?
Kickstand frame ($25) painted in a custom shade of purple created just for Eliza with the cutest zebra peeking out from the left hand corner. 
Since then, he’s shown up on other walls and even added a Missus:
Here’s a small run of giraffes I’ve painted and sold on Etsy in the last 3 years, it’s been a long, slow road and I’ve learned so much. Hopefully it shows.
Starting in 2008…
Ok, the wedding’s over and I’m back from the honeymoon. Time to get back to work…after I catch up on horribly addicting reality TV shows of course. I mean, have you even seen Ice Loves Coco? Amazing.
But I digress…
These little guys were just added to my Etsy shop. Go check ’em out!
Let me know if you want something special painted. I love custom orders!
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