One of their friends in the Navy saw a picture of this and Commissioned me to do a painting for her friend who was deployed at the time. The girl's beloved dog had passed away while she was gone and her friend wanted to surprise her with a painting of her dog hanging in her living room for her return.
I was in Virginia Beach less than a year, when my husband got orders to Key West, FL. So we packed up and moved to sunny, beautiful Key West! Wow what an adventure! My husband was on shore duty so he didn't have to deploy for the entire 3 years we were there, yay! I worked part-time at a beautiful location where I was surrounded by water. It was really hard to have a bad day in Key West, all you had to do was walk outside and look around and you couldn't help but smile! I actually got to paint a few paintings just for me! A lot of my work has been what other's have asked for, I finally got to paint a few things just because I wanted to!
We would go to the sunset festival at Mallory Square every chance we got! I could not get over how many different colors there could be in any given sunset, amazing! I loved walking down Whitehead Street and seeing the light house across from The Hemingway House so I did a painting of the Key West Lighthouse at Sunset.
As I mentioned, I really loved walking down Whitehead Street, so I did a painting of one of the Cottages along the way.
I have always loved the work of Vincent van Gogh, and I always wanted a painting of Cafe Terrace at Night, since I can not afford an original, I did my own!
We went to the Key West Aquarium and I fell in love with Jelly Fish, they are so beautiful, so I painted one of those too.
I call this My Isle of Serenity, I painted this to hang over our bed!
I also painted one similar to this called Single Palm Isle and this is about the time I discovered Etsy.com and started my shop www.andreamcgee.etsy.com
After my cousins visit to Key West, I was commissioned to paint her, her own island too, but she wanted a boat on it.
Same painting, just an Up-close picture of the island |
I also painted a few coconuts, just for the fun of it, and ended up selling a few of those too!
One of my co-workers saw my etsy shop and commissioned me to paint her a seahorse.
Then my Mother in Law requested a Bunny.
A friend requested a painting on the wall of her son's room, this was fun!
Then my husband's squadron asked that I paint them an alternate squadron patch logo.
Then the VFA 106 First Class Petty Officer's commissioned me to paint a mural in their Mess Room.
Here is a close up...I decided to personalize this painting for the 7 current First Class Petty Officers and painted their names as the eyebrow ridge of each of the skulls.
Then my mom asked for a painting with palm trees, poinciana trees and sea oats.
I think this gets us through Key West...so this is a good place to stop for the day. I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy creating it!
Oh, yes...I didn't want to leave anyone hanging from yesterday's post...there was nothing but water in the dog dish, so I have no idea what the dog was doing!
I've never seen the skull mural- I like it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was really fun to paint! It was awesome to see the guys faces when they noticed their names were on there too!
ReplyDeleteJimmy just saw his Buzz and Woody wall and was so excited! I love all of your work!
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