Pastel of Cocker Spaniel cutey!

Figgy is a beautiful little buff cocker spaniel and I created this 16 x 20 pastel of him as a surprise for the husband while also creating a large pastel portrait of their charming daughter, Mary Michael!

"We LOVE this incredible portrait that I asked you to create of Figgy as a surprise for my husband! He was so happy with Mary Michael's portrait and never suspected our secret! Many thanks for being able to pull it off on such short notice!"  - B. F. Watson Raleigh, NC

Clients are what it is all about! -Theresa
M. Theresa Brown

River inspiration

Sometimes it's good to go back to your photo albums, especially when the temperatures are hovering around 15 degrees and remember that the beauty of some aspects of winter is that there is always a spring!

Actually this photo image was taken in the early fall  at the base of the Kerr-Scott dam and the amount of bird groups was amazing.

The wild flowers were all the fall aster variety and beautifully stunning in their yellow colors.
An inspiration to go to the studio and paint!

Me and My Pony

I love images like this and had fun creating this 14 x 18 pastel! What says summer memories like a child on her pony? And on a trail ride no less? The total horse experience!
This is available as a print on our website at www.PortraitsNC.com!

It was Right before Christmas....

It was right before Christmas and all through the south,
The storm spread 'round us like a honey tongued mouth,
And breathed in our faces, and toppled large trees,
Snarled up the traffic and came up to our knees,
The shoppers weren't happy, the traveler's not pleased,
This snow wasn't planned, we were all ill at ease.
But not so the children who squealed with delight,
and quickly made snowmen and snowball fights,
They slid down the hills on bags and on sleds,
rolled in the snow and made angel beds,
And while grownups admitted it was a beautiful sight,
the kids already knew and frolicked till night,
So you would think......, we must know by now,
we can't control all things, not what, not how,
All we can do is accept certain things,
And a snow before Christmas is a beautiful thing!

by M Theresa Brown

Smokey Mountain Labrador

Sandy spent 17 years as a much loved companion to her owners. When she passed they realized that they did not have as many photos as they thought they had. I combined several photos as well as my knowledge of the Labrador retriever breed to create Sandy as they remembered her. Here she is,in this 16 x 20 pastel, smiling and back in a favorite area, hiking through the Smokey Mountains!

Shhhhhh-a Christmas gift for the owner's wife!

Pastel Collage of girl and horse

This 20 x 20 " pastel collage of Jennifer and her late horse, Bernie was fun to do! I pretty much had free choice in the photo selection as Bernie had passed away the previous year and Jennifer referred me to her Facebook albums. So although Bernie was a talented jumper, he and Jen were also pals and that is what I wanted to convey!
This is the second portrait I have created for Jennifer. And although it was not a surprise to her, it IS her Christmas present courtesy of her generous aunt!

Vintage 1963

Ah one of my favorite things to create-portraits from old photos.
The gentleman pulled out a tiny 2 x 3" black and white photo of his family and I created this 18 x 24" pastel from his color descriptions.
When he first saw it, he cried. We walked into the framing shop and he is like a child at Christmas, already anticipating the look on his wife's face at Christmas. Yes, life is good! And the ability to create and bring joy into someone's life is even better!