Garth Glazier

Bellatrix Lestrange Portrait

This digital painting is a concept illustration meant to have an authentic painted appearance.

Amelia in the Japanese Garden

This painting just completed shows my eldest daughter Amelia in the the Japanese Garden at Cranbrook. The scene was meant to suggest a magical world. I was thinking of some of Leonardo da Vinci's portraits when I composed this scene. The indirect light on her face seemed to flatten her skin tones in the manner of James McNeill Whistler's work.

Portrait of Ron Weasley

Another view of Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley. This painting features a rusted door texture and a burlap pattern imbedded into the background and modified with paint strokes to create a more authentic oil paint feeling.

Jessica at Laughing Fish Waterfall

This painting is more moody. I always try to capture images my family when they are not looking at the camera or are not paying full attention. The expression is so much more interesting as with Jessica here, who had just posed for her Mom while climbing the trail to Laughing Fish Waterfall in Michigan's UP.

Ron Weasley Portrait: Harry Potter

I finished up a set of paintings of the Harry Potter characters in 2014. They have made great subjects for practicing painting techniques. I have been studying the work of various portrait and landscape artists like Jeremy Mann and Jeremy Watts who have very energetic approaches to building color on the canvas. These fine artists are teaching me a lot about getting loose with brush strokes and maintaining an impressionistic attitude toward the subject.

Sergio Marchionne Portrait Montage

This montage of portraits of Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne was actually assembled as an idea for a portrait study in 2012. I picked up the rough comp and created this finished illustration in 2013. The goal was to convey his dynamic personality and the non-stop nature of his daily life as the head of both Fiat and Chrysler.

IndyCar Painting: Helio Castroneves

I finished this new painting of the Brazilian IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves in 2014. IIt was started in 2013 but remained uncompleted for a year as I worked on other projects.

Helio Castroneves: Portrait

Severus Snape

I was hunting for unusual photos of the Harry Potter characters that feature strange lighting or interesting expressions. This painting emerged from a low resolution image with Snape in very low light. The hints of cool tones on his face were translated into a blue, green, lavender, and black palette of paint strokes. It took a while to bring him into focus, but I like the final result. The expression on his face and the colors seem to reflect the conflicted nature of his character.

Commissioned Dog Painting

I just finished this commission. My first animal portrait. Its interesting to see the before and after. This little guy passed away recently and the art is to be a surprise for the client's mother.

Johns Hopkins Poster Painting

This painting was created to celebrate the employees of the John Hopkins Health Care System

Harry Potter Montage

This is a painted concept montage for Harry Potter.

Jessica in the Forest Glen

This is a painting I just completed of my younger daughter Jessica Glazier. Now that I have completed complimentary portraits of my daughters, I am moving on with more personal paintings of family and friends. These projects give me a chance to refine my skills. I am particularly working on improving flesh tones and creating the background space from scratch as I did on this painting.

Portrait of Albus Dumbledore

Portrait of Rupert Grint

Portrait of Daniel Radcliffe

Painting of My Nephew John Werner

Just finished a portrait of my nephew this morning. This painting was developed from an old photo. He is in college now, but I have always wanted to make a painting from this particular image. His expression is so interesting.

Louise at Munising Falls

This painting is based on an image taken at Munising Falls in the Upper Peninsula last year. The falls are just out of sight behind the dappled light coming through the balsam firs behind her.

Jimi Hendrix Painting

Jimi was created in marker and then re-created as a watercolor painting using Photoshop.

Duke Ellington

Acrylic painting of Duke Ellington

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