A Commission Painting Of Roger Allen Swezey Finally Finished

nailed it

love it

Thanks Heather ,he hasn't seen it yet and doesn't know everything I created in his painting. He sure has a lot of company in it though lol :)

I knew this would be great....and it is!!!

You have definitely demonstrated your skills.

That is just too good Leah. Wow, it looks great, & he is gonna LOVE it.

Bravo...but you know my take already!

Loved seeing this progress on Facebook. It's just flat out brilliant. He's going to love it!

Thanks everyone, that's great if many of you were following the teaser images on Facebook to see the progress,it's wild to see it all finished though isn't it after seeing the teasers

As I've just said on Facebook

MOVE OVER POE!!.......I'm Here To Stay!!!

Can You Believe It???.

There I am, right next to all those laudable characters.. Made even more laudable by the amazingly unique Mind, Eye and Hand of the one and only LEAH SAULNIER-The Painting Maniac

OK, are you selling prints????????

Thanks Roger :) ,JC after I go to the photographer tomorrow prints will be available tomorrow night or Saturday. Are you buying one JC?

YES!

PM me when they are ready.

Sure thing JC will do :)

JC you need to hire her for a commission of you as part of her hat series! :)

I was just thinking that but not sure I stand out that much.

Roger is such a character both in personality and visually.

I agree Andee and Sean the owner of FAA should also :) I am going to raise my prices soon so better now than later

JC I have a gift of story telling and can incorporate just about anything in my mind you would be surprised . Mary Bedy's painting turned out awesome also last year ,I incorporated her photography,Translation specialties and her marbles lol in one piece

Wow, very impressive Leah!

JC you are full of character! And Leah can make it come to life on canvas!

Thanks Ann ,I agree Andee even if he wanted a hint of batman in it lol

Actually I would love that, PM me the price for such a thing and I will see if my budget allows for it.

I'll pm you JC ,The thinking caps commissioned are really unique but I also do this style, this is Brian and Valerie a couple I did this commission for a few years ago so different ways to go about it

JC,

Try it.. You'll like it!!

Roger, Welcome to the club! Leah, you did it again. That's a great painting! I love my painting. I look at it every single day.

JC, you should join the club. We're very exclusive LOL. Although, I'm sure Leah would like more and more members to join ;-).

Way to go on Roger's painting! I can see it now - JC's painting, fighter jets flying around batman with shells and sand on the brim, waves coming out of the hat...girls laying out on the beach...

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Awesome! You are amazing girl.

Wonderful work!

Captured Roger perfectly from what I see at a distance.

Nicely done,

Dave

Yes a very exclusive club Mary, more are welcome to join with a commission fee of course :) thanks everyone glad you like it

Leah it is fabulous!

Thanks Dorothy

Now that is a keepsake for the ages. Well done, Leah!

Just fabulous, Leah. Congrats.

Thanks April and Kim

Your work is fabulous beyond compare!!

Thanks very much Lisa

Here is the Pro image of Roger now available in card and prints see below :)
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/feral-coot-society-leah-saulnier-the-painting-maniac.html

Leah, the admission fee is worth it. And you're a member for life once you join :-).

The only thing that bothers me is I will age and the painting will not. Shades of Dorian Gray here LOL.

EDIT - 20 years from now, if I'm still alive, I'll commission an "older" me ;-)

Mine is ordered.

The print that is

Fabulous work, Leah!

Batman does not age. I still look the same to me in the mirror.

Perfect likeness of an old buzzard, and Roger too! Lol

Thanks JC for ordering a print! Get yours before they run out lol,by the way does FAA ever run out of prints? just kidding, Thanks Mario and Janice

Well JC, if you commission a portrait we know for sure Leah would throw a few snakes in there. And a fighter jet, of course.

that's odd, i see no reflection when i look into a mirror.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Snakes and a fighter jet for sure Mary lol, that is very funny Mike

Bombers, I flew supersonic bombers.

There would also have to be snakes, knives and guns.

OOps, JC, sorry, yes, bombers. Leah, start your research - I think we can talk him into it.....

Oh, I want one, but it is beyond my budget this year.

Roger is now hanging in my museum of southern history area at work. (my cubical work-space was so designated by another instructor.)

The canvas turned out great as is the art work on it and is an interesting conversation as to why it is there.....

The wonderful to hear JC , would you take a pic of it hanging at your work for me /us would love to see it, Roger still hasn't received his original since delivery had weather delays so hopefully tomorrow he'll get it

I would love to hear what conversations it will have also at your work. Wish I could be a fly on the wall :)

That is just SO Roger! Captured him completely!

JC,

You got yours

I'm still waiting to receive mine, the painting has been delayed in transit due to inclement weather.

The suspense is too much to take.

You can be sure that I'll be shouting to the world when I receive it.

I will post it tonight.....

The conversations go somewhat like this......

Explain that piece.

Well I love this artist's work and the painting is of another artist that is somewhat a personal hero of mine and then something about being a successful architect in Manhattan and walking off the job to collect flotsam to make art which is vultures and rats and making a living for some 40ish years doing that yada yada yada.....

What fun hearing how you explain it. Cool thing is Roger left the whole thing up to me what I would do with no input and not to get new agey but I feel I channel my subject matter when I am painting them, I know some things about them and do some research and somehow it just happens and comes together. That's why I love this series. Thanks JC and Thanks Roger for commissioning me

Thanks Abbie

Fantastic painting Leah. Your work is so interesting and original!

Was hoping JC would order one soon. Can't wait to see what that would look like!

Took me a while to get the pics, but this is where Roger is in my office

Bravo! Excellent portrait Leah, well done!

Thanks Tom, wow that is cool seeing the print of the painting up there JC ,thanks for taking the pics

wow they give you a lot of freedom to decorate the cubicle. i put a lousy toy on my screen where i worked, and got yelled at for it.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

That's awesome!

Thanks Parker

Love it! 😍