I am happy to say I have had my first request to paint a picture  for money.  It is a beginning of recouping some of the money I have spent on my hobby for the last couple of years.  With this in mind I will share one of my more recent painting.

It is not one of my favorite pictures but it is unique with the oval shape. I used contact paper to create the oval shape and then painted over it and through the hole onto the canvas.  I can see that I need to touch up around the edges in places but the effect is nice.