Concept Advertisement

This image is a concept ad that Gayle developed as an example. It was never actually published.

Patti's Business Card

Gayle's Business Card

Another Finished Drawing

Most Recent Commission

This drawing is my most recently completed commissioned work.

The Loon

This is not a new drawing, but it was done for my sister and her husband, and is at their house. I was able to photograph it recently when I visited them, and so can include it on the blog.

Pink Roses

This drawing is mostly oil pastel, with colored pencil detail.

Business Card

This image is of the business card that Gayle designed for Patti prior to their marriage.

Golden Seas

This is a colored pencil copy after the oil painting "Golden Seas" by Charles Vickery. This is one of my favorite pieces.

Three Children

This drawing was commissioned as a gift for the children's grandmother.

Sarah and Maggie Rhodes

These two drawings were done as a gift from me and my parents to the parents of the girls. The girls are Sarah and Maggie.

Mr. Hudson

I had several old photographs to choose from when I was planning this drawing. I wanted to do a close up of the face, but I also wanted to do the full figure of the soldier. I combined the two in the end and was pleased with the result.

Colored Pencil Drawings

I haven't done many finished works in colored pencil, because it takes so long to do them. But here are a couple that I did some years ago.

Gayle Walls, Jr.

This is a portrait of my wonderful husband, Gayle Walls, Jr. The original was drawn as a Christmas present for Gayle's mother.

Norton Grandson

This portrait is of the grandson of a lady with whom I work. It was my first paid commission and I was pleased with the way it turned out.

Elois King Speck

Several years after doing the portrait of my grandfather, I did a portrait of my grandmother to hang beside it.

Cecil H. Speck

Here is the first portrait I finished and framed. It is of my grandfather, Cecil H. Speck, and was drawn as a Christmas gift for my grandmother. Some years later, I did a matching portrait of my grandmother, Elois K. Speck.

Greetings and Felicitations!

Greetings!

This is the first post on my new blog. I do fine portraits in graphite and colored pencil, and also do decorative painting and jewelry design. I hope soon to start doing my portraits in watercolor and oil. I hope I can create something very special to showcase my work.