The Evolution of a Painting - "Bright Future"

After many more hours of adding darker darks and lighter lights and continuous tweeking, this is the final result. I thoroughly enjoyed working on this piece and was very nervous about showing it to Gavin and Trisha. But their reactions were very rewarding and the butterflies went away quickly after they saw it. It will be leaving my hands and hanging on their wall by the end of next week.

I decided to call this painting "Bright Future" as I truly believe that Gavin and Trisha will have a very blessed and happy future together.

To Gavin and Trisha...thank you for letting me be part of your special day as well as part of your daily lives. Lots of love to both of you!

The Evolution of a Painting - Part Three

Finally, back to Gavin and Trisha after a long awaited break. After working on the background from Part Two, I started working on the skin tones. Trisha was so tanned after being in Punta Cana for almost 2 weeks that I actually had to tone down her coloring (pun intended!!) At this part of the process I was still struggling to capture Gavin's far away look. I tinkered with just about every facial feature right up until the end. Oh, and for those of you that don't know her, YES, Trisha's eyes are that blue!! Gorgeous, isn't she?