Joy Infusion - Commissioned Piece Finished!

Joy Infusion 30"x60"
Commissioned Painting - Corporate Collection

This week I have been working feverishly on my commissioned painting. I got the job from Arch Framing who was hired to find art for a health care client. This is my second job I have done for them and I hope to be doing more. It makes me feel like a grown-up to create and invoice! Just kidding, I feel honored that my art is going to fill a room where sick children need all the joy they can get. It makes me feel that in some small way, maybe I can give someone a moment of peace when they look over at my painting during what could be the most difficult time of their lives.

Detail of Joy Infusion

This whole experience makes me feel very fortunate that my kids are healthy and I am being paid to do what I love. Life is good.

Eternal Calm

I just finished my most recent commission for one of my collectors in Memphis. She bought Common Thread and Graceful Fortitude last summer and wanted a third painting to finish off her space. She said that one painting represents her husband, and one painting represents her, and one painting represents their family. I am so honored to get to be a part of such a personal and creative project. Creating this painting for her has been such a fulfilling experience and it makes me so grateful that I am doing what I love.

Eternal Calm in my studio at home.

I named it Eternal Calm because she mentioned that she wanted this painting to resemble a sunset at the beach. She wanted something that would make her feel serene when she looked at it. It made me feel serene while I worked on it!

D. and Me at Lambert's Cafe

We met her and her daughter in Sikeston, MO where Lambert's Cafe is. "The home of the Throwed Rolls!" She was coming from Memphis so it was the perfect meeting spot. It gave us a chance to have lunch with our own families after we loaded her painting into her car for her. It was really a great day. While we were waiting for our tables, I got to learn that she is writing a novel and has been for a long time, but is now ready to finish it. I hope one day I get to read it. Even her e-mails are a pleasure to read! So I am sure that her novel will be wonderful.

Eternal Calm 32"x48" Commissioned Piece