House Portraits

By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     In the past, I have done house portraits for various clients, and I am getting back into doing

house portraits by using watercolor, acrylic, oils, water soluble oils, or colored pencils.  You can chose to showcase your own home, a particular house that is/was associated in the past, a small portion of house, or a place of business.

Please call me at (704) 649-8755 either by text message or telephone.  I will be looking forward hearing from you soon.

Thank you,

Mary C. Aikens, Artist

P. S., I also take commissions for other types of artwork, except for nudes.

"Leader Of The Pack"

By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     Here is the group of us lunch buddies who really enjoy meeting

and eating - especially after church on Sundays.  Although, this picture may look as though we were dressed in our Saturday attire rather than our Sunday-styled of dress.  I love to paint of being with people who really enjoy life.  Plus, these people (us included) are pictured as walking from an Italian restaurant where we enjoyed eating our lunch to going with our fearless and confident leader to a coffee shop for our dessert and maybe, some coffee.

     I started to paint for this challenge, "The Crowd Of People Challenge" which was dated on Saturday, August 22, 2015.  However, there were so many things and events that came up that caused my to put it aside until recently when I decided to repaint and complete it.  Voila!   This painting does bring back many fond recent memories that I love to capture with enjoying times with friends.

Title: "Leader Of The Pack"

Artist: Mary C. Aikens

Media: Oil on Masonite Panel

Size: 6" W X 6" H

Price: $28.00 USD

Shipping/Handling: $10.00 USD - Ships only in The USA.

Please contact artist at: marycaikens@gmail.com

  

"Rockin' & Rollin'"

"Rockin' & Rollin'"
By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

This is such a cute and catchy title that I named this painting because of  my making a pun with some items that relate to each other while one piece had nothing in common...  For example, I saw this furry, rocking, hobby horse in one setting, and then I saw this rock-cola that I remembered seeing in another shop.  Plus, I added the drum and cymbal set along with an old Beatles poster and used my artistic ability to make the whole picture pop for the whole concept in this painting.

Title:  "Rockin' & Rollin'"
Artist: Mary C. Aikens
Size: 4" W X 6" H
Medium: Oil On Canvas
Price: $18.00 USD
Shipping: $7.50 USD 

"Artichokes: Section & Whole"

"Artichokes: Section & Whole"

By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     For some time, I thought that the sound of that vegetable's name "Artichokes" will not have a good sound.  It is because of the word, "choke" and "hearts" sounded rather scary or unappetizing. It was until I had a chicken and rice casserole that included chopped artichoke hearts in its recipe.  Yum Yum! Those artichoke hearts do add pop in that and other casseroles.  At one time, I did buy some fresh artichokes that were on a reduced sale, however; I did not do so well with them.  It will be later when I will try them again.  Whenever I buy artichoke hearts in a jar, I would normally call that a "splurge"

Title: "Artichokes: Section & Whole"

Size: 16" W X 12" H

Media: Oil Paint Sticks On Canvas

Price: $104.00 USD

Shipping: $15.00 USD (Including Insurance)

Note: Ships to the United States & Canada only. 

"Driving That Titleist"

By: Mary C. Aikens, Artist

     There is something about golf  that fascinates me. It is mainly because it is known as a game where many men (and women) go out there to socialize, network, and simply have an enjoyable time with each other while taking their turns putting that little dimpled ball around the course.  Plus, that little dimpled ball constantly gets knocked around in order to wind up in each hole for those rounds.  

     

      Speaking of  driving a golf ball, I once saw a bumper sticker on a car that said, "I much rather drive a Titleist".  Yes, it got my attention because I never heard of a car named a Titleist.  It was actually a golfing term meaning "driving" while teeing off the first ball for each hole.  Plus, Titleist is one of the top and very expensive brands of golf equipment (drivers and putters), balls, and etc...  

Title: "Driving That Titleist"

Size: 12" W X 12" H

Medium: Oil Paint Sticks On Canvas Panel

Price: $110.00 USD

Shipping: $15.00 USD (W/ Insurance)