Hello!~
     How are you this warm fall day? The sky is bright and it’s a little warm here, but the trees are starting to turn to their bright fall colors, and I’m enjoying it.
   Another thing I enjoy is getting paintings completed and into their owner’s hands. I just delivered this painting over the weekend, and I (and the owner!) am very pleased with how it came out!
   It’s the same gentleman as in THIS family portrait, but he wanted his own portrait depicting him in about the same era, but fly fishing in one of his favorite areas of Colorado. I added an antique fishing pole and basket, and he’s smoking a cigar– another favorite thing of the owner!

  This is a different nature scene than I’ve painted before (I think this is my first river!) and I enjoyed trying to get the autumn aspen trees mixed with pines just the right shades for the season. I love doing these custom portraits for people and transporting them and their likeness to a different time and place.
   Be it a formal Edwardian portrait or the rustic landscape of Colorado, I love the challenge!
   I’ve also got several other commissions lined up to make, each one so different and so fun to create. I am just so happy that I get to do this, each day, every day. You know you’ve found something wonderful when you can’t wait to wake up in the morning and get started! And that’s how I always feel!

   Hope you have a wonderful week!~ Let’s visit again,
Heather

PS: The winner for the giveaway of the Laura Frantz book was…..Tome Traveler! Congrats!