Merry Christmas

Lauri designs and prints our Christmas card every year. They always capture the spirit of the season in a unique and distinctive way. We want to wish everyone following this blog a joyful holiday season and a prosperous new year.

My New Portrait Website

I am happy to finally announce the publication of Charles Pompilius Portraits, a new website featuring my recent portrait work. The website was designed by my son, Gabriel. This portrait of Amber is on the homepage. It is oil on linen panel, 24 x 18 inches, from 2010.

This painting is available as a fine art print. Click here for details.

March of Dimes Benefit Auctions

I've been donating flower paintings for the March of Dimes Signature Chefs benefit auctions throughout Michigan. All are about 6 x 8 inches.
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Some of these are available as fine art prints. Click here for details.

George

This is a posthumous portrait of one of my three older brothers. It is based upon a photo that was taken around 1967.

Oil on linen, 14 x 11 inches, 2012
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Portrait Study

This is a study for a life-size formal portrait of Fr. Edward Prus, a retired priest. I began it from life and decided to finish it from a photograph. I'm working on the larger portrait now.

Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, 2012
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Mrs. Talan

Mrs. Talan is a grade school teacher, and her class presented her with this portrait as a gift. The painting in the background was done by the students in art class. They were learning about Jackson Pollack.

Oil on linen panel, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, 2012
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Flower Paintings

 

Four recent flower paintings, all 8 x 6 inches, oil on panel. Usually I do these as donations to local fundraisers, but sometimes they are commissioned.
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Some of these are available as fine art prints. Click here for details.

Barbara

A recent portrait of a friend.

Oil on linen panel, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, 2012
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David Lowrie

David is in the Department of Geology at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also an avid naturalist and outdoorsman. He actually made the hat he is wearing from road killed skunks. When I first saw it I knew that I wanted to paint it. We finally got together and I think the result is a very unique portrait.

Oil on linen panel, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, 2012
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Lauri Palmer

This painting is a personal family portrait of my wife Lauri. Although she has posed many times in the past, this is the first formal portrait I have done of her.

Oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches, 2012
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Frank Edwards, Chairman of the Board, NYLUBE

This is a portrait of Frank Edwards, whose great grandfather, Carl Gaither, founded NYLUBE in the 1930s, an international elevator parts manufacturing company. The business began in Detroit's Guardian Building, which is represented in the painting by a scale model. The Guardian, a striking example of Art Deco architecture, is registered as a U.S. Historic Landmark. Frank and his wife Ann are distinguished art collectors. Frank stands next to a Mission Style chair, and behind him is a painting by Brad Durham, a contemporary American landscape painter.

Available as a fine art print. Click here for details.

Oil on linen, 40 x 30 inches, 2011
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