February 22, 2017 by Genevieve Bergeson

Steam Greenlight: Detective Butler 1

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder, a mystery visual novel by Goldbar Games, is on Steam Greenlight! If you know anyone that plays video games via Steam, please encourage them to check out Detective Butler and vote. Here is the link.

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

Although I was not involved with the development of this installment of Detective Butler, I am doing sprite (character) art for the second installment. The team would like to get DB1 on Steam before we Greenlight DB2.

Note for my less game-savvy readers: Basically, Steam is a service that makes video games available on the computer, including many independently developed games. Greenlighting is a way to advertise & add new games; if there is enough interest (based on the votes of account-holders), they will be made available on Steam.

February 7, 2017 by Genevieve Bergeson

Painting Progression: Beach House

Here is another beachy painting for your viewing pleasure. This was commissioned by a couple I know in Florida. 12 x 16″, oil. The lady had a magazine clipping of a painting she liked of a porch of a Floridian house, but the background was a thick palm grove. She thought it would be really neat to have a painting with a similar side view of a house but instead with a path to the beach. Something much brighter and more open, with sky. There were several other little ideas, too. That’s where I came in to play–toss everything together, jumble it around, and make it come out nice.

She named it The Promise. Although you can only see a little bit of the ocean now, the rest is there, waiting to be seen, and it will be glorious.

This time, instead of posting several separate images, I compiled them in one diagram. (Below. Click to enlarge.) I don’t know that making this was faster than editing and posting all the images individually, but it’s compact and won’t take as long to load. Feel free to let me know which you prefer in the comments below (1 image or many) so I can keep it in mind for the next progression.

February 1, 2017 by Genevieve Bergeson

Spring Art Show

Welcome to February.

I’m pleased to announce that this spring, I will be doing an art show with two other Principia art alumni! The show will hang at Longview Farmhouse in Town & Country, MO, on Clayton Road, just down the lane from The Principia School. The show will open Monday, April 3, 2017, and the artist reception will take place Thursday, April 13, from 5 to 7 pm. The other two artists are Nick Trapp & Kayleigh Mayes. The show will be on display throughout May. (Anyone coming out for my brother’s graduation, take note!)

If you would like further information, such as the closing date or the address, let me know; I’ll post further details in a comment below.

January 15, 2017 by Genevieve Bergeson

Painting Progression: Beach

Happy new year!

A year ago December, I posted a series of photographs showing the progress on a sailboat painting. I’ve got another photo progression for an oil painting I did last month. As before, the lighting and angle change a little because I worked & took the photos at different times of day. The actual size is 24″ x 36″. Please enjoy.