portraits of ukulele friends

Alan Peschke

Michelle Hoch

Ginny and Craig Turner

Peter Orth

Tommy Coughlin

Tommy Coughlin

Jon Duncan

Mike Lynch

Jon Duncan

Michelle Hoch ( with dark hair)

Sia Joo Hiang 

Tommy Coughlin

Tommy Coughlin

Jon Duncan

Jon Duncan

Brian Fergus

Russell

Brian Caldwell

Alan Peschke

Chris Jarvis

Kelly

Randy McSorley

Brian Caldwell

Todd Baio

David Remiger

Fred Grubb

Michael Hermiston

Alan Brandt (click to enlarge)

Berni Armstrong

Geoff Walker

Rob

Andrew Morse

Chris Jarvis

Rex Jazzbanjorex Powell

Rob

Rob

Peter Orth

Peter Orth

Uytae

Linda Louden

Myrna Ukulele

David Remiger

Dave Laurice

Todd Baio

Matt Lindahl

Mike Krabbers, Todd Baio and Brian Caldwell

David Boston

Linda Louden

Lynda Poole

John Pak

UkeyDave

Randy McSorley

UkeyDave

Alan and Terri Thornton

Berni Armstrong

Ralf Youtz

Berni Armstrong

Rob

Arise (portrait of Ralf Youtz)

Today i made a portrait of the wonderful uker Ralf Youtz. :) this is based loosely on the video of him singing the song Arise by Mike Johnson.

Ralf Youtz, gouache on paper, 27.8 cm x 20 cm

A prolific songwriter

I co-hosted a ukulele contest ( the non-competitive sort) recently and made a drawing as a prize for the winner. He is the prolific songwriter from Catalunya Berni Armstrong. :) The drawing shows all his 14 originals that he submitted for the one-week contest.

The Throckmorton Uke Band

I was given the opportunity to do a commission recently of a couple from Georgia, USA, who love playing music together. They are known as the Throckmorton Ukulele Band. Alan plays ukulele and Terri mostly plays bass. I painted them in the coffee house where they usually perform. I added the little dolphin logo on their tops which is part of their band logo. I also included their doggy Huck in their band. Huck is a professional maraca player. :) THANK YOU TO GINNY TURNER FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. <3

an animation in Teochew

42, dancing hill

42, Dancing Hill, poster paints on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm

our car needs a wash

in the car

I am turning into a butterfly

dad and I

portrait of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

the photo that I based this on must have been painted or drawn to death. But I thought I tried it anyway.

acrylic on paper, 27.6 cm x 18.8 cm

the old lady with the pretty basket

I redrew something that I saw on 2013. The original post is here.

You will notice that I look better in this version! Haha.

enjoy the cake

I found an old photo of my mother eating a cake she had baked. The cake looked almost black but she seemed to be enjoying it. So I painted this. It has been a long day. And I am trying to block out the noises around me.