art by amber 2010

colored pencil portrait

OUTER SPACE ceiling mural




Hot Air Balloon MURAL-- volunteer project at Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries (KARM)
115+ hours


Another wall at KARM

closet door mural- after Gustav Klimt's The Embrace





i also do FAUX finishes for furniture and walls


distressed checkerboard table





two views of my turquoise-inspired table

custom portraits

This portrait after Michelangelo's Pieta. -pencil

This portrait done in silver point, a technique used frequently by the Old Masters: the drawing is done with a fine piece of silver.

This portait is one of my personal favorites.

-colored pencil

This portrait of my sister is one of twelve from my senior show entitled The Image of Her Countenance. -pencil, xerox transfer

colored pencil

colored pencil

murals

murals

Waterfall scene at Lake City, TN Church of Christ

-measures 12'x7'

Another view-The scene covers the baptistery wall

The above two murals were painted at Valley View Elementary School; LaFollette, TN

These scenes were inspired by the country locale of the school.

Hey Diddle Diddle the cat and the fiddle

the cow jumped over the moon...

Characters from this familiar rhyme painted on the nursery wall for an expecting mother

nature and pet portraits

One of my custom pet portraits. My specialty is colored pencil (see above portrait).

This colorful piece, Lady Bugs Craze, hung in the Capitol for a year after winning Best of Show at a Congressional art competition -oil pastel

This piece won the 2002 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp Competition.

-colored pencil

-acrylic paint

Fall Farm, oil pastel

Old Oak, acrylic paint

artwork is forthcoming

This site is currently under constuction; artwork is forthcoming.