Artful Paintings

I started off with a crafty aspect of me, but now want to show more of my 'artful' side. Here's a painting I did that sits above my mantle. It's a 24" x 36" semi-replica of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. The proportions of my canvas were wider than his though so I had to get creative...

Reema (2011)

I'm also starting to work on another painting of a photograph I found online but it's a work in progress. Here's what I've got so far:

I'll try to post pictures of my progress over the next few months.