The following images are 30"x 60" and are used above the Promo aisle at work. This is the aisle that changes depending on the holiday and or season. For instance right now (April 1) I have Easter themed boards up for the approaching holiday.

This image is self explanatory. I did it last summer for the 4th. I wanted it to be simple yet profound. Many of our customers asked to see me after I put this up to thank me for it. The picture does not show that there are musket balls flying around our militia man making it feel like we are in the mists of  battle.

This is also self explanatory. I did this in February for St. Patrick's day. What I like about this one is that I had caught up on all my work from the holidays which always push me back a couple of months. It allowed me to set a table up in the lobby on one of our slow days  and paint this picture for the guests to see. It was a great opportunity to show them that the signs are painted (most think they are printed). I was also able to show them my technique. 

I did this one for our camping set last summer. The paleness of the rocks gave me some trouble as you can see ( the color seems just a little off). This is of Mount Timpanogoes and one of my favorite hikes.

This one is one of my favorites. I got the idea one day when I dropped something on the floor and scared my cat who popped up to see what it was. All I could see is what you see in the image. The sun was setting and shining through the window on her to give her those brilliant eyes. So I recreated the situation and got my camera set up to snap the picture. I then went online and found a black cat to sub in for my cat who is black and grey to complete the look.

I like doing signs that are sentimental and tug at people's heart strings. Something cute or something funny is always the best way to go depending on the holiday (ie Memorial day, the 4th, and veterans day). 

This one was also done last summer for our grilling section. I took my time because I wanted people's mouth's to water when they saw it. It worked as our sales of meat and grilling supplies had a boost over the sales from before I put the sign up. To test it I actually took it down for a week before the 4th of July and put up signs related to the 4th instead. Our sales went back down for that week.

I know that It has been a while since my last post in October. I am sorry for that. The Holiday season is a busy time for me at work as you will soon see from my following posts. When the holiday season ended I had a family problem arise that has made it difficult for me to do anything else. Sorry.

So first is the Christmas window at the front of the Harmons store I work at. I used the same chalkink markers I use on the chalk boards throughout the store. However, with the window I need to plan out where each color will go on paper first. The reason for this is the temperature difference. Within 5 seconds of placing the chalk on the window it is dry. So where the soft transitions occur it is actually slight variations of direct color that was mixed previously. This process took me a whole week to accomplish as the windows in total are over 100ft in length.  There are four images in order from the south lobby to the north lobby getting darker as it moves north to mimic the setting sun.

Here we start with a cabin in the setting sun.

The mountains rise here to their pinnacle with just a little less sun. 

This is my favorite section. It is nice when everything works out. I planned it out so it looks like the viewer (ie you) are on a hill above the town. The distant hill has a little sun on it as do the highest buildings to continue the illusion of the sun setting.  

This ending section is completely in darkness. The picture I took with my phone corrected it though so it actually looks lighter then the other sections.  

The top piece is an oil I was able to do in 2 days for my cousins wedding in September. I'm surprised I was able to pull it off so quick.  The bottom piece is a pencil drawing of Opie from Sons of Anarchy for a lady I work with.

So here are a few paintings I have done over the past year or so.  I just finished the Portrait of my boss and his wife on Monday. The other two are the Idaho Falls LDS temple and the Logan LDS temple.  All of them were done in oils.

A lot of people have been asking what I do at work so here are a few random pieces.  All of these are done with chalk-ink on plastic sintra board.

New stuff is up. I know it has been a while and I'm sorry for that. Two are pencil and two are colored pencil.  I've been on a big cat binge recently. Here it is!

New Piece

Just finished this one a couple of days ago. Both Mountain lions are actually the same individual. I just made a few adjustments so they don't look the same.  The lion cub is one that I am currently working on. It won't be  finished for at least another week or so.