The upper left is my only seascape. The original artist is Aspevig, so when I sign it, I put "Debbie Costello after Aspevig" to give proper credit.This painting is for sale, with the discalimer that it is a copy of another's original, and that it was used for teaching purposes. Top right is for Luke for Christmas. Bottom left is my very first and Steve actually worked on it, too (I don't let him paint on my paintings anymore).The mountain colors are what took me so long to mix just right. The clouds I painted in honor of Dean, my brother, since he always had such a great view of them when he was a pilot. My first painting and the clouds are hanging in my house.
When I was at BYU, I was an art major. When I got married, I left my art on the back burner to raise our kids. I rediscovered my love for art 2 years ago when I started a class in oil painting. My teacher, Steve, has us paint from "scrap"-- a photo of a painting. He has to approve the painting; it has to have good composition, a strong center of interest etc. We are allowed to use only the primary colors: red, yellow, blue plus white to mix all of the colors in our painting. My first time, it took me 2 hours to get the right hue! Anyway, two years later, here are the results of some of my efforts.
