Poetry Illustrations

I have been commissioned to do these drawings for an old family friend... Her son is publishing his poetry (quite good too) and they wanted some simple drawings to go along with the poems. Here they are:

"Waiting For This"

"For Martha"

"Distant Home"

"Choice"

"All Aboard"

"There Was A Time"

"The Middle Man"

"Self"

"NYCity"

"In Your Life"

Venice Prints For Sale

I have prints for sale now at my Etsy store here. Preview them here:

"Towards Gelato," Linocut, 21.5 x 12.5 in, Cynthia Gough, For Sale: $60

"Before Gelato," Linocut, 13.25x24.5 in, Cynthia Gough, For Sale: $80

"After Gelato," Linocut, 12x6.25, Cynthia Gough, For Sale: $40

I Have An Etsy Store!

Yep, that's right, I now have an Etsy store. Right now there is only custom portraits for sale. But soon there will be more, much more. I just bought supplies to do some linocuts. I'm going to make some greeting cards... So stay tuned! I linked to the Etsy store on the right, and in case you didn't notice another link on the right...

It's my latest project that I've been working on for the past few months, so enjoy!

Custom Portraits

I Did Some Painting...

Last night I finally did some painting again. This is what I'm working on... It's obviously still a work in progress, but I want to keep painting and finish it soon. It's a project I started in college actually. I'm supposed to do a piece inspired by a famous artist.

So my inspiration is from a painting by, Auguste Renoir, called "Two Girls Reading" as seen on the left. I saw the painting on one of my LA Art trips, while going to Dixie State College, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Here on the right is the reference photo that I had someone take behind our apartment at SUU. It's me and one of my friends/old room-mate, Celeste. So, anyway, I'll show you my progress of the painting as I go along. Oh, and don't worry, the sick looking green on Celeste's face will fade, I promise. :)

Drawing

"Elora", Pencil on Paper, 8x9 in, Cynthia Gough, NFS

Well, I'm drawing now. I should do this more often because I really enjoy myself. This is a drawing of my daughter, Elora. Interestingly, this is one of very few drawings of her...

Pencil Sketch

I got an e-mail from a midwife friend, talking about wanting to open a birth center, etc... So I sketched this after I heard from her. It's just a rough sketch, but maybe I'll make it into a linocut or a more developed pencil drawing. But one thing's for sure, I need to do art more often.