House Portrait

Hi Friends,

Happy Hump day!

I hope everyone's had a great week so far. Mine has been busy, but summer busy. Which is different than regular busy. Summer busy still requires hard work and all of that but it also allows for breaks to sit in the sunshine, bike rides, staying out just a little later than normal, and of course good times with good friends. Can't beat that.

Anyways, I did just finish a couple of paintings last week and wanted to share them on here.

One of my best friend's friend from Chicago, wanted to have a couple of things commissioned to give as gifts!

The below house is her fiance' house that he grew up in and his family has since moved. She had this painted to give as a gift for her future in-laws! (how cute and thoughtful is that?)

 A picture of the house that she gave me to paint.

And the finished product!

"House Portrait". Acrylic on Canvas, 11 by 14 inches. 2013

Thanks Kelli for thinking about me and hope your future-in-laws loved the gift!

Throwback Thursday-College Edition

I figured I'd join all the "throwbacks" out there and feature some paintings from back in the day.

Today's "Throwback Thursday" is dedicated to College. Or more specifically...the College House.

Good ole Navarre Street.

 

Ahhh College. If you're lucky like me, you're college experience was nothing but the best. A magical place where freedom, fun, fabulous people (and of course hard work) all morphed together into my own little safe haven for 4 incredible years.

But senior year...Oh man senior year.

Living for the first time in a real, far away from our parents, free standing, with 4 of your best girlfriends, all of legal age, HOUSE... was absolutely the.BEST.
 (the fact that I also only had class from noon to 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays my 2nd semester also helped, ha)

However, this little (kind of big..it had 5 bedrooms!) house that we lived in 6 years ago (gross!) is one that will always hold a special place in my heart. Our first taste of freedom. Our first glimpse into the "real" world. (Although, I have come to find out that having random dress up dance parties and day drinking during the week, aren't as widely acceptable anymore..hmph.)

Anyways, see below for a painting I did during one of our "craft times" we had at the house, way back when. One of my roomies is a school teacher and she thought we needed to give the house a little color! So, we all sat outside on our back deck and painted away the afternoon.

It now hangs in my home office, where I glance at it from time to time, feeling like it was a lifetime ago and just yesterday. I can't help but smile thinking about how awesome it all was. Enjoying the little memories as well as the big ones... we made that house a Home.

The first House portrait I ever did! (got to love the fun and whimsical colors!)

The Roomies, SMC Senior Formal night:) Love!

Pooh Painting-Nursery Love

One of my dear friends from college just recently had a beautiful baby girl! A couple months back she had contacted me, to see if I would do a painting for the Nursery. I was honored and so excited to be apart of little Matilda's room!

She wanted something large and almost like a mural. However, with the distance gap (me living in Colorado, and her in sunny Florida), we decided that separating the painting into 3 different large canvases would do the trick!

This way, it not only looks really fun and artsy when shown together, but also made it way easier to make the trek across country:)

Classic Pooh and Honey Bee theme!

In progress, before the little bees :)

"Matilda's Nursery". Acrylic on Canvas. 2013

The larger canvas of Pooh measures approx. 30 inches tall by 24 inches wide. The top balloon canvas is approx. 12 by 24 inches and the Quote canvas is approx. 12 by 36 inches long.

 

 

 

Finished product, hanging in her room!

Congrats again Melissa and Craig! Love to you guys and little Matilda. 

Enjoy every memory :)

New House Portrait-Wedding Gift

As I've mentioned before, I just Love love, and when my Mom commissioned me to paint an old friend's, new house, for a wedding gift.. I couldn't have been happier!

I was a little late getting it to them (sorry Aly!) But I so appreciate the kind words and thank you notes about this painting.

 

 Thanks again Alyson for all the kind words! Enjoy and Happy Marriage and new house:)

Landscape Painting-Fords Beach

Another sea-scape that makes me want to dive right into that clear blue water! Or who am I kidding, lying on that soft sand with a pretty umbrella drink in hand would also be lovely:)

This painting was commissioned by one of my good buddies in CO, as a thank you gift for her Mom. She took this picture on vacation and wanted to capture it on canvas!

 

 Thanks A-Dog for thinking about me! Enjoy!

Sea Island Baby

I was honored when one of my best friends asked me to paint this picture of her niece, at her vacation home in Sea Island, GA.

A gift for her Mom, the painting needed to capture the cuteness of little Claire as well as the serenity of that beautiful beach!

It was one of my first landscape pieces and just love how bright the colors are!

Makes me want to take a vacation...hmm.

 

Thanks so much Margie for thinking about me! I can't wait to come back and visit
Sea Island soon! :)

House Portraits-Pencil Sketches

I've done so much painting lately, that I have almost forgotten how fun and nice it is to sometimes just draw with pencil. I'm for sure stronger with paint, but every now and then, it's fun to get back to the "roots".

See below for a series of House sketches that I was commissioned to do by a family friend. The husband had me draw each house he and his wife (and family) have lived in over their lifetime. He was going to have them framed and give them to his wife as a Christmas gift. How cute is that?

I love love! (AND such thoughtful gift giving!)

Sketched Dec. 2011

And..I'm Back

Well, after almost a year of being MIA, I figured no better time than now to say hello and start back up with the life and times of B Jolly Arts:)

I'll be posting more frequently (or at least try to) and get up to date on the various paintings and artwork I have done over the past year.

Enjoy!