The Maynards brought me on as Family Photographer with some super playful ideas for their family portraits… we met in the Virginia Highlands for urban portraits with their three children. The kids portraits were such a blast to work with and these portraits are just so, so adorable. We ended up having some wall composites made for their family to display at home, as well as some enlargements for over their mantle.

And here are their beautiful portraits:

AND a 20×24 of the custom watercolor painting I made for their family! Katherine (mom) expressed interest in my completely imagined, interpretive drawings after seeing my previous one on my blog, so I could not help but make one for their family as well. I love to make these paintings… they are done in photoshop, and crafted to be printed large. They are completely hand painted with photoshop 5’s new painting utilities.

Here is their painting:

And here are some close-up, details to really get a feel for the quality and interaction they will have in their home environment. We are having this printed on a deckle edged, watercolor paper and float mounted in a black museum frame and mat. So exciting…

This means… that paintings are available for all! Completely custom portrait paintings come wholly from my imagination: they are roughly based on one of my portraits, but really feature my own made up world of doodles and whimsical shapes and patterns.

Jessica Lily | Atlanta Family Photographer