Bunting flags at the beach

This commission was for the same family who had the baking painting.  They wanted a summery beach themed painting to fill a very long wall in their poolhouse.  We dicided on a triptych rather than one long painting which worked really well.  The flags on the bunting represented all the countries they had visited.

 

In the kitchen

This is a commission for an Auckland family who liked my painting 'Beaten' where a Little Lady sits in a kitchen full of mess after doing some baking.  That is exactly how I feel after doing any sort of cooking!!!!!  The mum of the family liked the idea of her Little Lady with a nice glass of bubbles to relax with.  The youngest daughter had her very own drawer full of baking items which we were able to pop into the painting as well.  It made it all the more personal to them.  And I eventually got to paint a broken egg......something I have always wanted to try and do and never had the opportunity.  Certainly a challenge.

Wedding gift

A lovely couple from the UK came to my first solo show at Parnell Gallery and they loved the painting Peep Toe of a beautiful Christain Louboutin shoe which had a Little Lady draped over it.  They subsequently got engaged and the groom to be thought it would be great to commission a wedding gift for his wife to be, of a Little Lady on her wedding shoes, with all the colours and flowers she would have on her big day.  They both live in the UK so this was all done in secret via email.  She was absolutely thrilled to bits with her present.

Life Drawing

I recently attended a life drawing seasion at the Kumeu Arts Centre.  Having not done any since I was at University...(too many years ago now!!)....it was actually very very enjoyable and relaxing.

Long Shot

This painting called 'Long Shot' was a result of the interest I had in my solo 2012 show, Back Nine.  A cheeky little number!  It sold within a week so unfortunately you can only see it here.

Another commissioned Little Lady Portrait

I met the most delightful couple a few months ago at a charity event, and chatting to the husband, he said he would really like a painting for his wife for her upcoming birthday.  He was secretly going to commission a portrait of her 'babies', Harriet and Hugo, 2 beautiful King Charles Spaniels.  His wife, being very savvy, cottoned to his secret plan, and decided to change the painting to a more personal piece.  Being the funniest person I have met in a long time, and having very similar creative interests to me, it was lovely to work together to develop a wonderful painting based on all the things she loved and all the interests she had.

I am so pleased with the finished piece and more importantly, so very chuffed that the client absolutely adored her commission!!!

Commissioned portrait Little Lady

As you know, I love to paint 'Little Ladies'.  Usually I paint whatever I fancy, often to a theme, with the aim of creating a body of work for a show. 

Last month I was very fortunate to create an 'actual' Little Lady of some one!  The client's husband had kept a magazine article about me from a previous show I had done and presented the article to my client saying he wished to give her an 'Ingrid Boot' painting for her birthday this year.

She was very excited and said she wanted to be portrayed as a Little Lady, whilst showing aspects of her character and life.  She was totally perfect as a model for a Little Lady and gave me lots of props to work with.  This is a list of items included, travel books and old suitcases, food magazine with postit notes where favourite recipes are, Ferarri key and hat, a trainer from the gym, a cork of Veuve Cliquot chamagne, camera from her love of photography, ivy form her love of table decorating, a butterfly and a recurring theme of turquoise, her favourite colour.

It is a large painting, 1m x 1.2m and was thoroughly enjoyable to paint and the client was wonderful to work with.  I have hidden her face for privacy reasons. :-)