newest

 "cradlesong". acrylic on board. almost done.

 "air1personal". house paint on canvas. 1/2 done?

"wind and sand and afternoon". watercolor on arches. done.

lately its been dog paintings

commissioned piece (finished)

commissioned piece (not finished)

enjoy. house paint on canvas. glob,blob it on. color against color. value against value.

ruby

Commissioned dog portrait

House paint (good stuff) on canvas.

click on the little squares... don't know what happened...

in addition to family and work and getting my backyard in order.

me, dad, and grandpa neal

45 min watercolor

cradlesong

 beginning wash

thanks to Jesper Ejsing for the advice of inking before 

painting on Muddy Colors

 mooring

acrylic on board 

about 1/2 done

mooring

about 3/4 done

i love color. neutrals and intense

pertinatious

for akaysha

my wife was telling me of the symbolism and uses of the acacia tree.

gold angels

finished: watercolor on illustration board

Mask 1

pirate

favorite image i painted at a Nathan Fowkes composition workshop.

ive got an etsy page...

or you can just buy stuff from me off the blog.

this killer valentines monster is not for sale! it eats valentine cards!

and ive taken some pics. my younger daughters and i went on an adventure a few days ago.
those are the golden pics, you prob. know that...

im making large posters right now...
oh ya, the etsy is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mattharward
not too exciting, just enough excitement...

happy valentines day kiersty

i know its not valentines yet but oh well. this is for my wife everybody who isnt looking at this blog...

warm summer attempt 1

good good! my first attempt at converting a psd to a png file. figured it out and it worked, yay. prob wasnt that hard for people well versed in the language of conversions. anyway, this is the artwork i submitted for Spectrum 17. its a photoshop painting. i was scared. fear of failure. just gotta do it and see what happens...