One-of-a-Kind Portraits

by Diana

Diana creates One-of-a-Kind portraits of you and your pets filled with your personal symbols and experiences based on photographs and conversations with you. The media is colored pencil on masonite wood. Depending upon the intricacy involved and size, portraits usually take 4 to 12 weeks to complete. For more information, please e-mail me.

Bonnie and Dale	Bob and Diane

Bonnie and Dale love to fish, so I showed Bonnie's favorite Disney Bear fishing.  They're outdoor people who love the Morro Bay ocean as well as the desert.  Naturally I drew Bud, their dog.  And I had to include Dale's '59 Chevy and him as a Cowboy Sharpshooter.  All these events and special parts of their lives surround them the day Bonnie and Dale married.   Bonnie commissioned the Anniversary Portrait for a surprise on her and Dale's first wedding anniversary.  She and I talked at length about the colours she wanted and what and who were to be in this piece.  Although I utilized photographs, this is not a mere reproduction.  It is a one-of-a-kind portrait of Dale and Bonnie's life.

My music teacher friend, Luann, has two cats named Chopin and Brahms.  When she commissioned this portrait I naturally included piano keys and music by Chopin and Brahms.