Atlanta Custom Commissions, Colored Pencil Paintings, and Drawings

Colored Pencil Painting
The reference photo of this model was in black and white.
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Colored Pencil Painting
The original reference photo of this newlywed couple was taken at the foot of a walking bridge. Through researching dozens of stock photos, I was able to recreate the background landscape.
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Graphite Drawing
This Julius Caesar portrait study was in preparation for Andrea del Sarto's oil painting, "Triumph of Caesar".
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Colored Pencil Painting
The reference photo of the patron's son, daughter, and dog was taken against an all-white background.
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Gravity and White Chalk Drawing
This portrait of Marilyn Monroe was drawn from a free stock reference photo.
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Colored Pencil Painting
The reference photo of this painting was made available online for artists to practice and learn.
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"Art is the mythical life line uncoiling beauty fashioned by heroes from a primordial past.."


Commission Artwork

So far, most of my commissions have come from reference photographs supplied by my patrons. I am skilled at creating beautiful pictures from new and old photos of varying quality. My top priority is to complete your custom commissions like priceless phonograph records in a digital world.

My Art History

As a boy, I was a bit obsessed with drawing. My main themes were dinosaurs, religious figures, and cartoons. While drawing, I lost all sense of time. It was and is very much like the feeling of the same name described in one of my favorite books, Flow, written by Miahly Csikszentmihalyi.

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Learn about the shows that I attend and the exhibits that my artwork have been featured in.

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The Machine (At Camp Creek Basin Park) In Progress – Prep Drawing for Painting See MoreSee Less
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The Machine – In Progress – First I have to Draw See MoreSee Less
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Machine – In Progress – First I have to Draw See MoreSee Less
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Marietta Artist Guild Open House Art Show – I learned yesterday that most of the people i met assumed they were looking at oil paintings not colored pencil on paper. I love the results I get with colored pencil even though or because the technique is laborious. But I am ready now to take the plunge into oil painting. In fact, I can’t wait to begin…. See MoreSee Less
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I spent a long time talking to these four art lovers about my artwork specifically, HADIS. They wanted to know the whole process of how I made the picture. They said they loved the “painting” and they had never seen anything done with colored pencil that looked anything like my work. Along with a few other groups of admirers, they really made my night. I can’t wait to get back to the show tomorrow.. See MoreSee Less
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MOONFISHER Of The Clear Creek Basin / In Progress – CP on 10” by 14” Arches Watercolor Paper See MoreSee Less
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DANNY AT EASE – Made by Me from Life in Studio See MoreSee Less
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Face To Face With The Past See MoreSee Less
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