I've been asked to do a lot of commissions lately, and I ponder how this work fits with the series of painting that I have been creating and showing for the last several years. Ultimately, I am hoping that my contemporary figurative paintings inspire the viewer to connect with the emotions contained in the brush strokes and rediscover the joy and wonder found in the everyday, so, by that definition, commissioned works fall into the same category. Here are some of my recent fa