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If interested in commissioning me please email or call: ecesjq@gmail.com ~ 808-640-5138


Full length portrait: $8,000
Three quarters length portrait with hands: $6,000
Head and shoulders portrait: $2,500

Boy from Uganda

I donated the portrait to this organization:  www.147millionorphans.com

"If you could say it in words, there'd be no reason to paint." - Edward Hopper

Latest Portrait

Painted in 2011.

Portrait #3

Painted in 2008.

William Faulkner on art:

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~William Faulkner

Portrait of my Mom

Painted in 2009.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture. Michelangelo

2nd portrait

Painted in 2008.

I've learned a lot since I painted this portrait... mainly, "don't over blend". I imagine that is something many artists struggle with, not to over work your paint and to know when something is finished. Maybe in another 10 years or so I'll get it right. Until then, I'm just going to keep trying.

Painted in 2009:

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see. Henri Rousseau

My first portrait

The first portrait that I painted was of my daughter, Ella. I remember being very doubtful it would turn out at all or have her likeness. But with much diligence and some encouragement from Mark it really does look like her. I am just beginning another portrait of Ella. I took the photo, which I will paint from, in our yard here in Hawaii. I'm excited to get started!

Still life paintings

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. -Pablo Picasso

I thought it would be fun to share what I've been working on in the studio. And until I get my website up and running, this is where I can send people who want to see my work.