First This portrait was commissioned by one of my youngest daughter's best friends, for her husband’s first Father’s Day, thus the name "First"; first moment with his first child, that moment no parent will ever forget. I loved working on this. I left the background blank knowing the swaddle named the moment, the time and …
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Run Away
This painting was commissioned a little over a year ago before the whole Covid 19 debacle / tragedy. I was asked to paint a portrait of Del Shannon, the Rock n Roll legend whose hit song Run Away was number 1 on the charts in 1961. He was also famous for other hits like Little …
Let’s Get Started
A LOT is new to me right now. Letting go of old thoughts, old lifestyle patterns and ways of thinking. Rethinking the things that are truly important to me; my family, my art, my faith. I do not currently recognize my life as being anything similar to what I expected it to be like at …
Newborn Family Portrait
This painting was a shower gift to a very dear friend. Working on it was pure joy. Dad's sweater and shirt collar are not in proper perspective. Even though the fingers are too long, I do love the hands. Babies skin tones are too dirty, but I like the faces of Mom and dad. Portraits …
Corn Maze
Corn Maze 14'' x 14'' watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed. The fourth of my five children. The third of my four daughters. This painting describes her well. She swims apart from the Shoal, creative and enigmatic.
Rescued
This portrait Is of my youngest daughter Hannah and her rescued pup, Victor. It's definitely a "Who Rescued Who" situation. Hannah sent me a photo and asked if I could paint it for her. Working on this, I was reminded of how much I love working on portraits. It's such a very personal and intimate …
Happy . . . Ever After
Happy . . . Ever After Watercolor 14 x 14 on Arches 300 lb. rough. I have no idea who took the photo that this painting was done from but, credit to whoever it was 🙂 Two years ago in April, my son Daniel sent out an email to family and friends inviting us to …
KIA Classes
I fell into a little bit of a painting slump, feeling uninspired. So, I thought it might help to get myself into a couple of watercolor class and I signed up for an intermediate watercolor class with Don Marek and a Plein Air watercolor painting class with Susan Badger. It's been fun and interesting. Both …
Bontanicals
My daughter, Miriam, has "encouraged" me to paint botanicals. She's a lover of flowers and plants and gardening and things of beauty. Several months ago I found a book on painting botanicals in watercolor by .Eleanor B. Wunderlich It's a beautiful, instructive book. Here are a couple of illustrations I did from the book. I …
Winter Wonderland
These two paintings were done for my son and daughter-in-law for Christmas. I framed them in the barn wood that they used to finish the walls in the breakfast room of the farmhouse that they restored, where they now hang. Buck in Snow Doe in Snow Framed
Randy Louise Art 