First Hand Painted House Portrait in New York State

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Newsflash!  House Portrait in NY  State makes my 18th House Portrait State [caption id="attachment_2594" align="alignleft" width="650"] Modern Ranch Style - Long Island, New York[/caption] Remember my game of doing watercolor house portraits in all 50 states? Well I just added one more. The state of New York!  Here is the house portrait. I was commissioned to do this Long Island New York home to be given as a gift to its homeowner.  I specially love the spacious porth and clearly a lot of care has gone into the colorful garden. Here's some interesting facts about Long Island.  Situated in the southeast area of New York State it has a population of around 8,000, making it the mostpopulated island in any U.S. state or territory. It is also the 17th most populous…
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Watercolor Home Paintings in Traverse City, Michigan

Watercolor Home Paintings in Traverse City, Michigan

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Hand-crafted home portraits and discovering beautiful Victorians subjects in Traverse City, Michigan Traverse City is about 15 minutes from Lake Arbutus. It's an artsy community-spirited city with an abundance of interesting cafes and restaurants as well as unique boutiques, specality stores and art galleries.  It also hosts a popular film festival annunally which we enjoyed.  Traverse City is named after the Grand Traverse Bay, which the city heads. The bay earned its name from 18th century French voyagers who made la grande traverse or "the long crossing" across the mouth of the Grand Traverse Bay. There are lots of beautiful historic homes in Traverse City, especially elegant and well cared for Victorians from smal to very large.  I did my usual "house portrait walk-about" and selected what I think are some of the…
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House Portraits with San Gabriel Mountain Backdrop

House Portraits with San Gabriel Mountain Backdrop

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Custom home portraits of Craftsman Homes and Mountains -- A Perfect Combination! One of the greatest things about staying in Pasadena and the surrounding area is that you are able to enjoy the changing colors and moods of the San Gabriel Mountain Range. They provide  such a wonderful backdrop to any house portrait painting. As you can see here I especially love to capture the mountains around sunset when they turn shades of soft blue and green. It  makes the darker, natural tones of the craftsman homes in Pasadena stand out. [caption id="attachment_28275" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Craftsman house painting in Pasadena CA[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28276" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Classic Craftsman home portrait with San Grabriel Mountains as the backdrop[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28277" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Spanish Revival bungalow at sunset in Pasadena CA[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28278" align="aligncenter" width="640"]…
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House Portrait of a Victorian Beauty

House Portrait of a Victorian Beauty

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Custom Watercolor Painting is my Artist Loft Studio in Pasadena, California When staying in Pasadena California we found the perfect place to live and work. Here is it.  When the  owner asked me to do this house portrait commission for him and I couldn’t have been happier. The loft studio is up there in the roof and it was quite a treat to also have our own private turret! Only ten minutes from the heart of Old Town Pasadena, we found the loft on Airbnb, which is an online service that matches people seeking vacation rentals  with private people who have rooms in their home to rent. This is the link that we clicked on and it also has more photos inside the house.  http ://www.airbnb.com/rooms/411493 The homeowner, Albert Reyes, was the…
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