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Pink Pearls, 8.5x10.5 inches, mixed media on watercolour paper |
My daughter took the reference photo for this painting outside a beauty "saloon" in Ghana. She was waiting for hair extensions. This wonderful expression was her response when my daughter's companion suggested that she was already beautiful! |
| Inspired by another of my daughter's
reference
photos from Ghana. Replacing her business dress with a folding garment gave her an exotic air. |
Girl with Braids, 10x14 inches, mixed media |
Mercy, 10x14 inches, mixed media |
A photo taken by Peter Wilson
at the HIV/Aids
conference in Kenya was the inspiration for this painting. |
| The source for this painting
was a photo from a
German children's mission in Rwanda. It raises many questions about the story of this young mother and her baby. |
Hope, 10x12 inches, mixed media |
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Woman of Belize, 10x14 inches, mixed media |
Another award winning photo
by Peter Wilson
provided the genius for this one. A viewer commented, "She looks like she needs a hug". |
| My daughter caught this cutie
on film in Ghana.
(Actually it was "on digital" but that doesn't sound as cool.) |
Savannah, 10x14 inches, mixed media |
Zena, 14x18 inches, mixed media |
The model is from the West
Indies but her
regal carriage required a dignified setting which I tried to provide with the sari and Mona Lisa background. Does it work? |
| A family photo from the early
1900's was
transformed from black and white. |
Herstory, 10x14 mixed media |
"Steve" , 16 x 20 oil and acrylic on canvas |
My first "traditional" portrait in oil over
acrylic underpainting. Love for life exudes from this brilliant musician and made it a pleasure to paint. To hear his music go to Steve Palmer Music: www.spmusic.ca |
| Portrait of grandson, Ian | 
"Hot Licks", 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas |
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"The Irish Descendant" |
This one is grandson, Caolan. |
