Poppy Flower - Acrylic

Abstract Watercolor

Abstract and Rose

Girls' Art Class at Church for Easter

My Baby Brother

A pencil sketch I did of my baby brother (Travis) and I about 18 years ago. He was such a precious baby - and now he is all grown up!

Props for the Mary Poppins Play

My 8 year old son, CJ, auditioned and got the part of Michael Banks in our local community theatre's production of Mary Poppins. I volunteered to help with props. Below, I painted 11 vases to be used in the scene where George Banks breaks the "heirloom vase."

I also painted the backdrop to the magical flowers that Bert hands over to Mary in one of the last scenes of the play. Fake flowers were inserted into the inverted shadowbox. From a distance it looks like a painting...that is until Bert pulls the fake flowers out of the shadow box!

Lastly, I whittled a parrot head for Mary Poppins's umbrella.

A couple of old high school sketches my Mom recently found.

Alaska

George and Martha Washington

Cori Bechtol and I completed this (faces to be cut out to use for people to pose in for photos) for a booth with a "Founding Fathers" theme for the Henry County Fair.

Life, not a dream

Portrait of my children

Nate

Chris Ridley - Fall of 2004 - sketched from live model.
Chris Ridley - May 21, 2005. Sketched from wedding photo.

Copy of a sketch by Fuseli - his self portrait.

CJ Ridley - September 2008. Sketch from photo of Jenny Keys' wedding.

Photography

Friends Forever

A couple of old sketches...

The rose was drawn for my Grandma when I was 17.

This was drawn from a photo that my Mother-in-law's sister took. This is of my Mother-in-law. I think she was in her early twenties in this picture. I drew this for my Mother-in-law as a Christmas gift after Chris and I got engaged over five years ago.

On my wedding day...