Jamie Ellis Hansen

11″ by 14″ watercolor on paper. I was so glad to have the chance to paint this beautiful little girl again. Tying her ballet shoes in pink with a carefully pinned bun, she looks like the sweetest little girl!

11 by 15″ watercolor on paper.  Commission me to paint an original watercolor from almost any photo.

10 by 7″ watercolor on paper of me in my favorite blazer.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper, Violin Player.

Buy this painting , framed (16 by 20″), $350.

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22 by 15″ watercolor on paper of my husband conducting a waltz.

22 by 15″ watercolor on paper, a commission done for friends.

22 by 15 watercolor on paper.  Self Portrait in my favorite jeans.  Purple background.

22 by 30 watercolor on paper done from a photo shot by James Shankle at Warren and James Shankle Photography.  Thanks so much James, for the use of your beautiful photo.

I can paint from a professional photo, but my standard commision prices will be slightly higher because I offer the photographer 10% royalty for use of their image in a painting.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper, a commission done for a friend.  Painting of a father and mother looking out over the great lakes.

22 by 30″ watercolor on paper.  Xander plays with his blocks in the morning light.

11 by 15″ Watercolor commission.  Woman wearing red blouse greets her small dog.

‘Brooke” 11 by 15 watercolor on paper. Commission for a co-worker, has been sold.  Child with blond hair smiling wearing overalls with green background.

Mama, 11 by 15 watercolor on paper from a (very old) photo.  My Great Grandma affectionately smiling at grandchild (me) while holding on lap.

22 by 30 watercolor on paper.  Portrait done after a photo taken in FL, For Chris.  Features Christopher, John, Chris, and Xander.  Prints of this painting are available; email me for details.

Abby 11 by 15 watercolor on paper

11 by 15 ” watercolor on paper.  Sold.  Xander smiles in a blue striped shirt.

I spent several weeks working on this very large watercolor.  It looks lovely framed – large and sumptuous.  Done from a photo that I shot of Xander sitting in the hall playing with the buckles on his favorite pair of red overalls.  The drips from the paint give a nice balance and add interest.

Down in the bottom right there is a spot that will bother me for as long as this watercolor exists.  I was out of the paper that I normally use and made the mistake of going to Michaels to pick up one sheet of arches watercolor paper.   I paid dearly for the paper, about twice what I can get it online for.  Buy your watercolor paper from a reputable dealer like Dick Blick, please.

Anyway.  Someone somewhere put their hands all over the paper before I got it.  They must have been wearing something oily that got on the paper.  A handprint showed up when I started to apply paint to the paper.  A flaw in an otherwise lovely piece.

I painted these same lovely girls on the beach in white dresses five times.  I think this is a pretty painting, but I definitely learned that sometimes brighter isn’t really better.  When I pumped up the colors in this painting from the beach-ey version, the client was really shocked and I redid the painting again (this after Xander scribbled on the first one that I started. )

But I think it’s a successful pieces and I’m glad that I got to keep it.  Honorable mention in the 2009 BAL small art competition.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper. Xander stands precariously outside and takes a few hesitant steps.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper.

Our baby at about 10 months is wearing an Eagles football jersey and cheering with a ball. When Chris got home and saw me painting this watercolor of xander with a football he stopped me.   He said, “I rarely ask for your art – but just this once – will you please give me that painting when you are done? “  I was so flattered and I finished it for him.  It’s hanging in his office and is not for sale.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper.
Xander and his dad smile at one another in this close up of them.  Xander was about 4 months old.

22 by 15 watercolor on paper.

done after a picture taken by my dad.  Xander smiles into the camera at about 7 months.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper.

Watercolor portraits are unpredictable and lively.  This self portrait was done from a photo I took.

11 by 15 watercolor on paper.  This piece was done as a commission and has been sold.  Two little girls in white dresses happily sit on the side of a mountain with a fence and trees in the background.  I love windsor yellow.