Two houses, with two very different personalitites, painted for one return client.

Painting a house in Northern Michigan means acepting that the trees will probably try to steal the show.

It’s only 5×7, but apparently that’s plenty of room for an entire garden.

This colorful house portrait came with a thank you note that honestly made me a little emotional.

A periwinkle house, a red door and two tiny details that absolutely had to make it into the painting.

The photos didn't quite tell the whole story, so I took a few creative liberties—and the mailboxes made the cut.

A luxury Birmingham closing gift, with a little sunshine added because the reference photo wasn't bringing enough.

A closing day commission that proved a white house is rarely as simple as it looks.

Sometimes a house portrait is really just a negotiation between memory and reality.

A moving day commission, turning home into a keepsake for the family long after the boxes are gone.

A custom watercolor house portrait created for closing day--and finished with just enough time to spare.

A childhood home, a garden in full bloom and one very determined little dog.

Proof that sometimes a photo doesn't show the best version of a place.

Coming in hot with a lake house portrait where the sky completely steals the show,

Freshly fallen snow, tiny rocking chairs and every evergreen perfectly in place in this winter wonderland frozen in watercolor.

I mixed every green in my watercolor palette -- and then some -- for this one.

Pink flowers everywhere, a towering tree, and a house full of character.

Bringing a Missouri childhood home to life--one oak tree (and brick) at a time.

They sold the house, but the trees get to stay forever--at least on paper.

From tiny flower pots to flags, no detail was too small to make it into this hand-painted closing gift.