Commission Completed

Hunt and Peck, 24x24, oil on linen

I finished up this commissioned painting this week. It is a larger version of a painting I did a few years ago after a trip to the Gulf Coast of Florida. That painting can be seen here and is still available. (a side note: pulling in the link it was posted almost exactly 2 years ago to the date!)  The client had seen the original painting posted on The Cherry Creek Art Gallery website and loved everything about it but its size. She really wanted a bigger painting for the space she had in mind. It has been fun to enlarge and revise it. This is the first time I have ever done a larger version of a studio painting by request. Much easier on me than a commission when you are doing a specific request for a client.

For a commissioned work I ask half the fee up front and then the rest upon completion. This client has approved the painting so it is now awaiting varnish. White paint can take a few weeks to dry even in the dry winter conditions we are having.  

You can't really see it in this image but I did lots of layering of color in the water that should add depth and interest once it is varnished.