Artistic Creations by Gayle and Patti Walls: Portrait of Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain

This portrait of Mark Twain was commissioned by a University Library for a "Mark Twain" room. I was really happy to get the commission. It was my first commission for someone other than a private individual. I finished this in January, 2009.

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About Gayle and Patti

Gayle Walls Jr. has been a professional graphic artist since 1993 when he started his own design firm. Three years later he accepted a job offer with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board in Jackson as Graphic Arts Manager, a position which he
held until June of 2006. At that time, he moved to Cleveland where his newlywed wife Patti lived. While establishing a freelance design clientele is an important goal, he also hopes to develops his second career..that of writer. He recently
began his first novel.

Patti Treadaway Walls is a self-taught artist who specializes in portraits and landscapes. She has always enjoyed drawing, and has been working for many years with graphite pencils and colored pencils. She started accepting commissions several years ago for portraits. Her commissioned portraits have so far been rendered in graphite. She is planning to expand this work to include portraits in colored pencil and possibly oil.