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wetland mural for touch room at Nixon Park, Jacobus PA

Commissions

Illustration (traditional or tradigital), portraiture, murals, storyboards for your manuscript; price varies depending on time and complexity of project. One pet, one character; faster and less expensive. More complex artworks (several critters in a portrait, a whole forest or ocean on a wall, layered Photoshop illustrations (tradigital)) take more time and therefore I charge more. Discuss your idea with me, prices are negotiable. I provide all materials. I fervently do NOT frame. (Besides, you want to do that to match your couch...) Some examples below...

Tradigital: layered watercolors, Photoshop Phun, etc: you get a large, print-worthy, digital file and one hardcopy; you can then print as many others as you want. Price varies according to complexity of original and size of print.

Murals: one animal, (maybe two), wall already the color you want, easy, fast, not expensive. A full fledged depiction of the East Codorus Watershed, or Noah's Ark, or the history of the Universe? A bit more... PS: this can be a Learning Experience (participatory class) for the family or kids! You get your (nice new) wall and a digital file (good photos, or video of your crew learning to paint!). Murals can also be portable (on masonite or foamcore).

Sketches, storyboards. Complexity increases price. You get hardcopy and digital files.

Traditional (watercolor or Prismacolor pencil, or acrylic): a basic portrait like Shenzi, above is the simplest. Your ship under full sail with the entire crew...a bit more. You get the finish (choose your size from 8 x 10 to large watercolor paper, masonite, or illustration board, and a digital file.

Classes

I can come to your group or meeting to do a class (southcentral PA, northern MD).

I've done classes for Nixon park, AC Moore, Manheim Twp Rec Dept and others, for all ages and skill levels. Check out the murals class pages on this site! Or make a home mural an art class too, as the family helps create a mural and learns in the process. Email me.

Find Me Here:

If you are in York County PA, you can stop at Nixon County Park in Jacobus and see some of my environmental educational murals, buy "recycle" buttons, or greeting cards. The park has great family programs, most of which are free.

Header pic: the Tristan kittens, Little Grey, Squeak (or Mew?) and Buddy, produced by a young female who dived in my friends' door one day, found a spot and produced five kittens. All were kept, neutered, and lurk on various surfaces in the Tristan house (including the tops of doors, and occasionally the refrigerator). Photo by Longship Capn' and Cat Dad Dave Tristan.