Friday, February 3, 2012

My Husband's Art

My dear husband has always been an artist.  His mother tells me that, as a child, he was always drawing and copying pictures from the comics or coloring books.  As a teenager, he was the art superstar of his high school ... I wonder if his murals are still there?  As an adult, his career took him into the computer field, but art remained a hobby.  (He is the brains and the artistic vision behind my nursery web site and quite a few others.)

On a whim last year, he signed up to take oil painting lessons at a local art gallery.  The instructor, a successful Fredericksburg artist, has taken my husband's raw talent and helped him shape it into so much more.  Please indulge me this morning, while I take a moment to brag on him a bit.

This is a painting my husband did for me ... a mama hen with three chicks, representing me and our three daughters.


Anything he paints that has wrinkles or shadows or shiny stuff is guaranteed to be exceptional.



He is also very good at capturing personality and expression ... especially in dog portraits (he hasn't tried a cat yet, so I'll let you know how that goes when it happens.)





This next one is my favorite dog portrait, and not just because I took the photo that this was painted from.  One of his Facebook friends said it best.  She said, "I expect that if I touched this painting, the nose would be wet and the ears would feel like velvet."



The paintings that he enjoys most are the ones where he captures a story of people.  His most recent painting is this one, from a photo I took while we were on vacation in Key West last November.



Isn't he fantastic!!

To see more of my husband's art, and to get details on how you can have one of his paintings for yourself, click HERE to visit his web site. 

Happy Friday, Everyone!

33 comments:

  1. OH to be that good with paint! He's a fabulous artist!!

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  2. Lovely detailed work. You're right, he is fantastic!

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  3. Oh my gosh! He is talented. I love all the paintings.

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  4. What a talented couple you two are ! I love the hen and chicks concept and the painting quietly portrays that thought. It would be hard to pick one favorite.

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  5. Your husband has exceptional talent. However, what's up with the bullseye in each picture? Between that and the larger "Hartwood Roses" its distracting from his work. (Would you consider reducing the "Hartwood" font?)

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  6. These are so beautiful! I strive for this. I am off to go see more.
    xoxo

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  7. Such beautiful paintings!! I can see why you're bragging on him:-)

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  8. Of course you already know that I love his work, but it was great to see some of his paintings that I've never seen before...all wonderful!

    Kat :)

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  9. He is quite the artist~ beautiful work~ love the chicken & chicks~
    smiles
    Teresa

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  10. He is very talented. And such diverse subjects. I think the two dogs is my favorite. I looks like they are really looking at me.

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  11. I'm just in awe! What a gift! You should be bragging!!! :)

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  12. OH.MY.GOSH!!! I love what you posted before and this just adds to the love!

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  13. Connie he is wonderful! I am so glad you shared this with us. What a talented man. I love the dog pictures...can't wait to see cat portraits!! Wow is all I can say!
    hugs, Linda

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  14. A quick reply to Anonymous ... the bulls-eye image is my husband's watermark. I added my own, as I do with all of the images that I publish online. The Internet is a lot like the Wild West at times, with every man having to look out for himself. Watermarks are SUPPOSED to interfere with the image, subtly, to discourage pirating.

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  15. His work is awesome! Hopping over to see more!

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  16. Wow, I love "shut down"... I remember once we were little Steve drew Donald duck and we thought he was amazing!

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  17. You're a very lucky lady to be married to such a talented artist!

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  18. Oh my, he is so very talented! I agree with the that FB reader...his work does look so realistic. You are blessed to have such a wonderful artist.

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  19. I should SAY he is an artist. WOW! xo Diana

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  20. How lucky you are having a live-in artist. What talent he has. Jumping over to look at the rest of his stuff. The animal pictures are wonderful.

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  21. Fantastic artist! He is very talented! Will he capture your roses on canvas this spring?

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  22. Having had the privilege to see some of these in person I can agree with everyone....he is a wonderful artist!

    LOVE the Mamma chicken and her babes.

    janet xox

    PS...once again I had a fun roadtrip with you yesterday!
    As always ;->

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  23. As a fellow rosarian and one who has a deep appreciation for art I was taken by the "reality" of this work. The ability to highly define some areas, and leave other areas less defined, and know how to make that judgement, and then execute it is a rare talent. I would be honored to some day own one of Steve's works.

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  24. Wow, Connie... he really is talented... love all of these.. my favorites are the two greyhound portrait, the chickens (LOVE) and the fellow on the bench. Going to visit his site now...

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  25. Yes, he is FANTASTIC. What a talent. The flag is amazing.

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  26. The two of you are both such talented and creative people.

    The lab portrait brought a tear to my eye,

    Pretty lifelike indeed.

    xo jane

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  27. Your husband helps you build things, AND he's a talented artist--how did you get so lucky?! :-) The two of you are a great pair. If I can get a decent photo of all our dogs together I'd love to commission a painting from him.

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  28. All I can say is "Wow!"

    I am off to visit his website. What incredible talent!

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  29. Oh my heavens! The chickens especially took my breath away!!!! I'm headed over to his website to see more!
    Grace

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