This was not a commission, but a school project that turned into a gift. One day I just decided to browse my computer for a good picture to paint for my portrait class. I chose to do a small monochromatic painting of my cousin Blake and his bride Whitney at their wedding. At their wedding, they had a dance. For the first song, "You Raise me up" by Josh Groban, just the two of them danced. That was almost a sacred moment, just watching to two of them dance there- despite the fact that everybody had the cameras on them.
At first I just thought that it was just a good project to complete in a few hours. However, when I showed my Mom, she almost cried and told me that they would love it if I gave it to them. In short, I did end up giving it to the two of them when they came down for Thanksgiving.

Commission number three was of another Austrian mountain lake scene. However, this one was painted from an actual photograph. I had originally thought for sure that a relative of mine had taken the picture, but now I am not quite sure. This is a painting of a little Austrian town called Hallstatt. During my trip to Europe in 2003, we stopped and visited this very place. This previous experience made painting this project a little more fun, because I recognized certain land marks and had been to a couple of the buildings in this painting.

This is the second commissioned painting. This one is obviously of a different picture quality. The picture I was told to paint from was actually of another painting on a post card that was about 50 years old. this painting is called "The Alps" and is also available in prints.

Due to requests, I am posting my old paintings that I have completed. This was my very first commisioned painting. This was painted from a picture that was taken by my uncle, Kris, while he was in Maui. Like all my other paintings thus far, I used oil on canvas for this project. This painting is available in full size (30''x 24'') and half size prints (22''x 16'') and several prints have been sold (including to myself!). I am actually quite fond of this scene and it is one of my most favorite paintings that I've done.

Here is the little easter egg! Actually, he's not too little, he's almost two feet long. The Fire Salamander is a salamander that has fire powers. There are two versions of it. The older version is impervious to the scorch of fire and can even extinguish it. The newer and more popular version has the ability to create or spread fire, much like that power possessed by the world famous bird, The Phoenix.

Here is Fenrir, the giant wolf. I've had many comments on how he doesn't look exactly like a wolf. But that's intended. He's not supposed to look exactly like a wolf. This is a wolf that is the size of a bear and has a far more muscular build than a regular wolf. The build of any normal wolf would not fit the description of a beast who was capable of breaking any and all chains that it was bound with by the gods in the Norse mythology stories. Therefore, I did much hulking up and adding onto the muscle structure of this beast. I have also been told that the eyes are too small. I defy any such statement and challenge any observer to compare the eye size difference in a large animal (such as an elephant) with that of a smaller one (such as a chihuahua). In short, larger animals have smaller eyes and that is the reason Fenrir's are smaller.

Here is a close up of the dragon's profile