Services I Offer:

Art Workshops & Pet Portraits

If you are interested in either taking an art class or having me do a pet portrait, please fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page and I will get back to you.

Art Classes

1) Fun & Easy Creative Workshops

The Fun, Easy & Creative workshops are introductions to various kinds of art mediums & craft projects. They focus on introducing only basic techniques. Although these are fairly easy with minimal skill needed, they are meant to be creative and interesting.

2) Specific Focus Workshops

The Specific Focus Workshops deal with specific categories of art and go deeper into develop- ment of technical skills. They can also be more long term lessons that last for several weeks or months, depending on how much the student wants to learn.

Custom Pet Portraits

Art Workshops are divided into two categories:

  • Beginning Rock Painting

  • Colored Pencil & Turpenoid Art

  • Hand Made Junk Journals

  • Mixed Media Abstract Painting

  • Watercolor & Plastic Wrap Art

  • Painting the Four Seasons

  • Shaving Cream & Food Coloring Art

  • Rock Animal Painting

  • Colored Pencil Basics

  • Advanced Colored Pencil using Turpenoid

  • Portrait Drawing

  • Basics of Perspective Drawing

  • Impressionists Techniques using mixed media

A Word About Creating Art

Let your imagination usher in the new and the not yet. But make sure those unheard notes and unseen realities ailgn with how God made life. Let there be a great battle between good and evil. Let it be messy. Let it be real and raw; or fantastical. But in whatever you create, let good and hope ultimately prevail. Why? Because that is how God created the story we all find ourselves in.

From the book “Chaos Can’t” by Allen Arnold

Pet Portraits

Different Types of Portraits :

Note: My prices have gone up a little

  • Graphite Pencil No Color $150-$185

  • Graphite Pencil Partial Color $200

  • Color Pencil Portrait $250-$265

  • Partial Color - Colored Pencil $200

  • Rock Animal Portrait $27-$30

  • Face only on Flat Rock $25-$30

Working From Photos You Send Me

If you want a rock animal portrait you need to give me several photos. You need to give me photos of both sides of the animal, including the back side tail area. Make sure the legs and paws are showing too. Make sure the photos are fairly close up, not blurry or too small. And I need one good facial photo like the one of the cat shown above.

Regular Portrait

These two photos show both sides of the dog so I clearly see the spot patterns and the tail.

If you want a regular portrait and not a rock animal portrait, you need to give me a close up of the face that is clear and not blurry, showing details of the fur, like these two.

Rock Animal Portraits

It is helpful if you can give me a photo of the animal in a circled up position (top left) because that is how I will be painting it on the rock.

Always include one close up photo of the face like the one on the right above.

The Story of Dirty Harry the Service Dog

I received a commission to do two portraits of a special dog who is also a service dog for her owner. Dirty Harry has a special talent. He can predict when his owner is going to have a seizure. I created his likeness as a colored pencil & Turpenoid portrait and as a rock animal.

Contact Me

IF you are interested in taking one of my art classes or having me do a custom pet portrait, please fill out this form below. Be specific as to what you are inquiring about. I will get back to you very soon.