Girl in Red Vest

This is another headpainting I did in oil. (2.5 hrs)

Girl in Green

This is my latest head-painting from Don Seegmiller's class. I love how her eyes turned out!

Rapunzel's Sorceress

This is a painting I did of the Sorceress in the story of Rapunzel. After discovering that Rapunzel had frequent visits from a prince, she cut off her hair, cast her into the wilderness and then tricked the prince into climbing the tower one last time. She told him that Rapunzel was dead, and he was so distraught, that he threw himself from the tower and landed in bushes of thorns. This gouged his eyes so that he was blind, and he wondered aimlessly through the wilderness until he finally found Rapunzel again.

5-6 Hour Headpainting

This is one of the longer studies that we did in my Headpainting class. It's fun to be able to spend more time on detail and development!

Some of my influences...

WATERHOUSE DE GAS CHRISTIANSEN

These are a few pieces from some of my favorite artists. They are the inspiration for me as I do my own work. I absolutely love the sense of shape, motion, line, light and contrast that each artist has developed within their work

Light and Truth

This was a piece I did for class interpretting "light" and "truth" and how it can lead us out of the darkness and take away our fears. I love how the drapery worked, especially since I did it completely from my head! (a risky move)

2-3 hour head-painting. Limited Pallet

Lunch Break

This was an assignment to illustrate the theme of "work." What better way to show this than a hard working waitress finally taking her lunch break, obviously tired from her shift.

Outside of Old Smith Brothers Market, PG

This was an assignment to paint a cityscape with a figure in it. I took my little sister to Main Street in Pleasant Grove where its charming old-fashioned feel was exactly what I was looking for.

Profile Head Painting

My latest head-painting for Seegmiller's class! I love profiles!

One of my latest head paintings from Don Seegmiller's head painting class. (approx. 2 hrs)

This is one of the head paintings I did in class last fall. My teacher, Don Seegmiller, said it was one of my best ones so far. I will be taking another class from him this fall, so hopefully I can improve even more!

For all you Twilight, Eclipse, New Moon and Breaking Dawn fanatics, this is a painting I did for my Special Problems: Illustration class. It is a narrative of a scene in Eclipse when the vampires and werewolves are at war! I was going for a 'Howard Pyle' look with a limited color pallet and select locations of brighter color to create a stronger mood.

Extended/Exact Drawing

This is an attempt to duplicate a training method by William Whitaker, where one has a picture of a drawing, and you have to carefully copy it to its exactness! Depending on your patience it can take months! I'm obviously still working on it.. posting my progress as I go.

My Nightmare

This was a painting we had to do of a dream/nightmare we had for my Special Problems: Illustration class with Greg Newbold. I painted a nightmare I had that the mountain near my home turned into a volcano! (Acrylic on Illustration board)

Girls on a Ball

This is a painting I did in my Illustration 1 class. I had my sisters model for me as I took several pictures to find the best composition. (Gauche on Illustration board)

Summer Still-Life

This is one of the first paintings I did in my Illustration 1 class. We were to paint a still life depicting an article given. I chose to illustrate an article on Summer! (Gauche on Illustration board)

The Door to the Sheepfold

This project was brought about by the Dean of the Art Department just before Christmas 2007. We were to illustrate one of the 9 characteristics of Christ. I chose to illustrate Christ as the 'Door to the Sheepfold.' A sheepfold is a safe enclosed area for sheep to stay, and this painting represents Christ as the door or entrance to that safe haven. Only by and through Him can we be saved. (Oil on Canvas)

Edward and Bella in the Meadow

This was a narrative painting I did to illustrate the part in the book, Twilight, where Bella first sees Edward's skin in the sun. It was done in gauche on illustration board. I actually had my sister and her boyfriend pose for this painting. I had them come to my Dad's photography studio and took several pictures of them for reference. I then placed them in an outdoor scene (meadow) in order to complete the painting. I also repainted the way Edward's skin reacted to the sun several times and this subtle glow seemed to work the best.

Will Smith Caricature

Will Smith is one of my favorite male actors. We had an assignment to do a caricature of a celebrity including at least three "symbols" of their career. I focused most of my time working on likeness. But I also took the liberty of exaggerating some of Will Smith's famous physical characteristics!

Little Miss Muffet

This is one of the first paintings I did in gauche (a more opaque watercolor). It was for my Illustration 1 class at BYU with Richurd Hull. I used my little sister and some of her dress-ups for reference, took numerous shots, and then pieced them together for the perfect composition in order to tell the story of Little Miss Muffet.