"Wild Card, Bitches!" 2010
Back in March, I posted an entry about all the paintings I told people I would do and never did. It was posted March 29 and entitled Calling in Old Debts.
I listed my favorite quote, "neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loseth both itself and friend. And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry" by William Shakespeare, vowing to have all debts called in by the end of April. Well, here we are at the end of August, and I have manage to knock 2 off, and accumulate 2 more that I totally forgot about. YES!
At least the one I completed was #1 on the list. I just finished Wild Card, Bitches!, a painting for my lovely friend Gina who, like me, is quite the It's Always Sunny fan, specifically Charlie Kelly, the best character EVER. And as I said in my last posting, if you do not know who Charlie Kelly is, go watch some TV. Immediately. And if you don't get the title, go watch the episode "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis".
I'm fairly proud of the turn out. The likeness is quite spot on, if I do say so myself. If anyone else out there has any ideas for a similar painting, let me know! The size canvas is 8x8 inches and I charge about $50 for a painting that size.
I also finished my last two paintings for Ryan. One I'm pleased with, a mini Bob Marley painting (below), the other
Inception painting I would rather throw in the garbage Inception painting I don't like too much (left). He seems to like both of them so that's all good. If the customer is happy, I am as well.
So with these paintings being done, I am left with less painting debt:
1. Striped Bass for Patrick Perrotto (debt being called in pending inspiration which I think I have finally)
2. Pokemon for a first time customer and friend Capital M of Gaming Chronicles
3. Flower painting for my cousin Jennifer (She may have given me a pass, but this was promised almost a year and a half ago, and she will be getting one)
4. Mermaid painting for my cousin Melissa's daughter Danielle (I was reminded the other week that Danielle remember my promise and that I totally forgot to ever do it. This is to be completed by Christmas)
5. Some type of painting for my cousin Melissa's son Aidan (Also to be completed by Christmas)
I think that is it. Once I complete these paintings, I will be completely caught up on the debted paintings. I'm already in a lot of debt otherwise, I might as well not be in debt painting wise.
"One Love" Mama and baby painting