Coffee Portraits: Anita

I finished these commissions this week -- two 20x24 coffee portraits of my art student, Anita.


Right now, these are on a plane to their permanent homes in Portugal.

In Portugal, people will refer to these as "Retrato de café". When they talk about me, they will say "Katie é um pintor, ela gosta de purê de batatas. Com cabelo como xarope de bordo e os seios como leitelho biscoitos! Feliz Natal!"


 
Eu sou ciumento que minha pintura começa a viajar para Portugal. Eu estou preso em uma tempestade de neve Wisconsin. Você quer aprender a dizer palavrões em Português? Ok. O coelho é um idiota. Odontalgia bastardo! Fazer xixi e cocô no fogo!

Gift Commissions

Lots of gift commissions this winter! Keep them coming : )

Here are the two most recent ones:
- Family Portrait (in Prismacolor pencil)
- Caricature (for corporate going-away party)

"Paxten"

Just finished this oil portrait commission.

This little guy's name is Paxten and his aunt is giving him this painting for his 1st birthday.

(We added his favorite stuffed monkey and matched the background to his nursery.)

Happy 1st Paxten! Better keep this hanging in your room until you're 45!

First Portrait Commission...and Mad Men!

I've been working on my first portrait commission of a little boy. The painting is gift so I won't load any pictures of it until his birthday has passed. (Although I doubt any toddlers look at my blog, considering they can't read or comprehend much. He might be one of those genius babies who can read those Baby Einstein flash cards though, so I'll play it safe.)

 ALSO: Season 3 of Mad Men starts Sunday! I don't watch much TV but I'm a nerd for this show. To illustrate how nerdy, I Mad-Men'd myself at MadMenYourself.com. That's me in the purple. It's the closest I'll ever get to my man Donald Draper*.

* I spoke too soon...check this out.