Just recently, I was at the Farmer’s Market in Dublin, GA, when an older couple stopped by my table. As they were looking at my paintings, the wife half-whispered to her husband, “You should ask if he could do one of your car.” Having done a few vehicles, I couldn’t help but ask what kindContinue reading “The Easiest Color to Paint?”
Category Archives: Commissioned Art
It’s All in a Name
Recently I finished an unnamed painting using acrylic paint. Since I began painting back in 2020, I’ve always used watercolor, but rarely acrylic. Watercolor has always been preferrable due to the ability to blend colors and correct my mistakes. Speaking of mistakes, nearly a year’s worth of mistakes is what ultimately led to this painting.Continue reading “It’s All in a Name”
Rapid Progression
It seems like an eternity ago, but it’s not even been two years since the original shutdowns began in 2020. With that in mind, it was only then that I started my painting journey. When people hear that I’ve only been painting around a year or so, they can hardly believe it. Some think I’mContinue reading “Rapid Progression”
“I’ll Paint Your House” Means Different Things
When someone offers to paint your house, what is the first thing that comes to mind? If you are like most people, you think they want to break out the buckets and ladders, right? Or, like I have done on several occasions, “paint your house” means taping off the trim, throwing plastic on the floors,Continue reading ““I’ll Paint Your House” Means Different Things”
The Way It USED to Be
It was such an honor to be asked to do a painting of the way our local electric company’s offices USED to look like. Actually, I was commissioned to do two paintings for the Washington Electric Membership Corporation (EMC). The other painting was of their first bucket truck … maybe that’ll be my next post.Continue reading “The Way It USED to Be”
Wall Hole Coverings - the Art of Anthony C. Baker 