Custom Wedding Bouquet Paintings in OIL

I've been busy all summer with pet portraits & wedding dress paintings, but I also have had a few wedding bouquet commissions as well...such a great way to remember those beautiful flowers from your special day! If you or someone you know is interested in having a custom piece done of your wedding dress, shoes, bouquet, and/or cake, feel free to contact me and be sure to check out my store on etsy! You can even register on etsy now! :)

Vintage Wedding Dress Portrait in Oil

I've been busy as a bee this summer not only on several commissions, but my husband was given a job promotion so we packed up & moved from Michigan to Kentucky! Enjoying a fresh start in a new place & one that isn't too far from 'home'...only 6 hours from Michigan. This is a piece I just finished of a vintage wedding dress. If you or someone you know is getting married, already married, celebrating an anniversary, why not have a portrait done of their wedding dress! I also do portraits of the cake, wedding shoes, and bouquet! Feel free to contact me or visit my store on etsy!

Wedding Keepsake Paintings for a Bride in Cannes, France

Such a priviledge to create these special keepsake wedding paintings for brides all over the world...this set is for a bride in Cannes, France. If you or someone you know is interested in having a painting done of their wedding dress, shoes, bouquet, or cake, feel free to contact me or visit my store on etsy! And yes, I still do pet portraits as well :)

Wedding Keepsake Paintings in OIL by Lara

(*available on etsy)

(*available on etsy)

Thank you Sweet Harvey ;)

Special thank-you to Sweet Harvey for including me in their treasury & Feature Friday! I love nice people!

Sketches in Sepia

I think I am in love with the color Sepia, so much so I started yet another blog...I know, I need another blog like I need a 3rd arm, but why not?...there's something about the rustic look & feel it gives to the subject matter...it's funny how sometimes the absence of color can truly bring out the beauty of something...well at least I hope to have done that here ;) 
Available on etsy.

Turquoise Tuesday...a New Blog Adventure!

"Ocean Breezes," 9"x 12",

oil on canvas, (available on etsy)

"Bows on Her Toes (the Remix)," 9"x 12",

oil on canvas, (available on etsy)

So I decided recently to start yet another blog...true, I need another blog like I need a hole in the head, but humor me and take a look-see :) at Turquoise Tuesday!

Blue & White LoVe...

 

 

  I just cannot get enough of blue and white!I'm not sure what it is about the color combination, but it just seems to work...these pieces are available in my store on Etsy along with some other little gems! :) **Buy HANDMADE for the Holidays**

Tiny *Gems* in my Etsy Store...& ART Giveaway!

 

With the holidays fast approaching I managed to get a few small oil paintings done for my etsy store. Most are painted on stretched canvas with the edges painted, no need for framing, they can be hung as is! Please take a peek here at my store on etsy and feel free to pass this post along to family & friends!
*And a reminder to check out Kate's blog here for some GREAT giveaways from such talented people as Annechovie, Janet Hill, Lisa Leonard Designs, Style Key West, & many more!( my giveaway will be on her blog today!! :)
**Linking this up to the following blog parties :)

 

An American in Paris...(Madame X, after Sargent) & Another Winner's Painting!

"An American in Paris...(Madame X, after Sargent)", 8"x 10",
oil on stretched canvas,
(SOLD,thank you!)

I cannot begin to tell you just how much fun this piece was to paint! As soon as I saw this painting I immediately envisioned a scene depicting a quiet corner of what might have been Madame's bedroom or parlor...she looks so regal in her black, velvet dress...ready for the opera perhaps or a glamorous ball. And if she were around today I think she just might have a pair of Christian Louboutin heels gracing her feet!

(*I am adding this to the Hooked on Fridays Blog Party because I am hooked on doing these little Master Portrait Studies!I SO enjoy doing each and every one!:o)
To see one I recently did of Mary Cassatt's, "The Bath," click here.
(**Be sure to check out the AWESOME ART GIVEAWAY on Laura Trevey's Blog, she does beautiful, beach inspired watercolor paintings!)
And here is another winner's painting from my recent Blog Art Giveaway! Meet 'Mini Mason' as I like to call this piece as it is a little 3"x 4" gem of an adorable Golden Retriever named Mason, from "Who Says Dogs Don't Blog...the Day and the Life of Mason Dixie"...I will be announcing the next winner soon, so stay tuned! :o)