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This is a oil on canvas portrait of my grandson Ryan. It was painted from a digital photo I took at Ryan's home. I took many reference photos at various locations to get an image that I wanted to paint. I prefer to include the space that surrounds the person I paint.   John

I designed this binder cover for a Typography Workshop I taught several years ago at Meramec Community College. — Carolyn

                     This art is based on a photo I took of a Great Horned Owl at the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis County, Missouri. It is rendered in pen and ink and liquid Acrylic paint. This art is for sale as a digital print.                             

A couple of years ago when we had all the grandchildren (6 at the time) over near Easter I made place holder name tags for each at the dinner table with their names. Here are a few of them. —Carolyn

This is a detail from an illustration used for scrapbooking paper created in 2010 using pencil and liquid acrylic on bond paper.

This mixed media painting of river stones is currently being used for scrapbooking paper. Printed size is 12" x 12".

This illustration was created in 2010 for a client to be used as scrapbook paper. Liguid acrylic paint and pencil on bond paper. John Dyess

I created this set of Lenten Banners several years ago. Each one is about 3 feet wide x 5 feet tall. I designed them and then fabricated them with cut felt. —Carolyn Dyess

Several years ago I created over thirty portraits of inductees to the Civil Rights Walk of Fame , for a traveling exhibit sponsored by Anheuser -Busch. This is the portrait I painted of inductee Dick Gregory. John Dyess

The view out our studio windows on Christmas Day 2010