This Christmas break was unusual for me for one reason. I had a lot of extra time on my hands and for once, I didn’t paint. The time leading up to the break, I spent a lot of time on commissions for people as well as working on some Christmas gifts of my own. So I thought I would just try to sit back and reflect on what I had done and take a sec and think about what I wanted to do next. And for right now, I haven’t come up with any ideas. And that’s ok.
Here is a commission I had for a Led Zeppelin fan. This lyric is from the song, Kashmir. 
This is a commission that I did for someone who had seen this painting that I have done before and asked for the same one. 
I love the story behind this commission just as much as I like how it turned out. A friend of mine was giving this painting to his mother. His mother’s name happened to be Dorothy and she had a dog named Toto. It was too perfect! 
These next two were paintings that I gave out as gifts for family and friends that are expecting. 
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They are similar but I liked the verse so much that I repeated it.
I have some blank canvases at home that I’m trying not to just rush right into painting just yet, and that will be hard. Right now I still need to hunt for inspiration and plan it out.
Also, I have a website that I try to keep updated with the custom paintings I’ve done. Check it out!
http://emilyphipps.tumblr.com/
