Fishing Buddy #1 16" x 20" (Commisioned)

This last year my 9-5 has been insane to say the least. As part of that I got to meet and work with Dave. Not that he's insane...well he is a little but I consider that a good trait. He is the salt of the earth, hardworking kind of guy that a lot more of us should be. After getting to know him a little better he asked if I would be interested in completing these paintings for him. Of course I said yes. How cool is it to share times like this with your children not to mention actually being able to snap a picture of him with his first fish. While I was painting these I asked Dave more about Jesse. From what I found out we might have the next President on our hands. Turns out he not just a mean fisherman but extremely intelligent.

Fishing Buddy #2 10" x 10" (Commisioned)

This one was done smaller and in a little bit more of an Impressionist style. The idea was that this one was meant to compliment the first and not detract from it. That was part of the reason for the size and less detail. I really enjoyed painting these. It was very freeing to work in the more relaxed style on this one and use the palette I had developed on it to get right into the other.