In a Little Communiqué Spot

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CHECK OUT THE DRAWINGS IN EACH OF MY ART GALLERIES — CLICK THESE CATEGORY LINKS TO VIEW, JUST OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!

Looking for a particular type of drawing?   From cottages to child portraits to landscapes…Simply choose and click on a portrait ‘gallery’ link to view my artwork – listed by subject – in “Categories,” just over there to the right! 

NOTE:  Everything here is under my copyright and may NOT be reproduced in any way without permission.

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There’s something about Autumn that speaks warmth, grace and love to a room… any time of the year!

 

Little Boy Pressing Leaves

“The Little Leaf-Presser.”  See more of my fall landscapes and portraits in Autumn Glory gallery, right

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Happy Fall!

 

Browse my gallery links by category subjects over to the right for perfect gifts and ideas…    

My heart is to  make you feel just as smitten with the thought of bringing such as treasure home to you and yours!  

Or… Have an idea for a custom original drawing to tell part of your own story?  I’d love to talk more…

Just email me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

 

Timeless Through the Generations…

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Joyful Season!

Pam

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*U.S. only for now – but if you are outside, and interested, let’s talk possibilities…

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Do you have any vintage family photos that might make special portraits?  I’d love to see them.  If I do a drawing from your photo, I will gift you with a mini-print of that piece.  

I’m especially interested in photos taken of young women or men of the 30’s or 40’s who kept the “home fires burning” (as described in my story above) or children of that era

Email your photos to me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

 

 

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I wonder if you might do me a favor? 🙂 Please talk about this site with anyone you know who might be looking for a Pen and Ink artist to custom create a portrait of a cherished part of their lives. *

I look forward to hearing what you think as you take a gallery link tour throughout! And remember to stop in often, as I’ll be adding new ‘pieces’ as I create them — as well as changing up the message in this “little communiqué spot” from time to time, to ask your thoughts and to keep you in the loop of any special offers, updates or seasonal greetings.   🙂

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How do I start a gallery tour?

pointer bestSimply choose and click on a portrait ‘gallery’ link in “Categories,” just over there to the right!  🙂

*  U.S. purchases only, for now [However, if you are outside the country, and are interested, let’s talk – in some cases I may have a way to work something out with mail arrangements etc. ] 🙂

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All Things Childhood

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your child’s life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

 

IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  Whimsical and fun illustrations of childhood… portraits of children

  • Decorate a child’s room with illustrative whimsy and charm
  • Find a unique baby shower, welcome baby, birthday or Christmas gift
  • Custom order or choose a baby’s birth or baptism announcement design
  • Celebrate a child’s accomplishments with an illustration from their “story”
  • Commission a portrait of one or more young children
  • Order personalized stationary from a child’s portrait!  See below for 
  • sample…

 

“One for Me… One for the Bucket…”

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“The Littlest Gardener”

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

 

“At the Blueberry Farm”

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Discovering The Secret Garden Strawberry Patch”

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Summery Light on Blueberry Hill”

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Lazing in Storytime, on a Summer’s Day”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

 

“So Dear to My Heart”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

 

“Golden Days”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“My Girl”

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

” Olivia Catherine”

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“Winsome in Watching”

(Shirley Temple, at about age 3)

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Slipper Dreams”

11×14 print $85

9×12 print $50

5×7 mini print – $25

 

Little Girl leaning into Brother

“Virginia… Leaning Shyly in to Brother”

Drawn from this vintage photo provided by a reader here 🙂

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11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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America Flag Pageant

“God shed His Grace on thee”

inspired by one of my favorite scenes in Disney’s “Pollyanna,” at the town 4th of July picnic

Original 11×14

Print 11×14 – $85

Print 9×12 – $50

Mini print (@ 5×7) – $25

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Girl at piano

“Practicing My Cross-over Piece”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Child in garden

“In the Garden with Blue Enchantment”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Baby Kiss

“The first time ever I saw your face…”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

Also available with color added:

Baby Kiss Color

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Sunday in the Park

“Sunday Yachting in the Park”

11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

           mini print (5×7) – $25

Note:  “Sunday Yachting in the Park” stands alone of course, but I drew this with the idea of a “companion” piece for This Bouquet’s For You” (scroll below)  of the same era…

 

Like some color added?  Just ask…

Summer in the Park-Color

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“This Bouquet’s For You”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

Flower Girl

Heaven Scent

FLOWER GIRL

11×14 Original

11×14 print

9×12 print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Home Recital

“Shall I sing another song?”

HOME RECITAL

11×14 Original

11×14 print

9×12 print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

You can also choose this piece with a soft pop of pastel!  🙂  Just a few examples…

 

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Girl in Prayer

“I Believe”

11×14 Original

11×14 print $

9×12 print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Stylin’ in First Haircut”

9×12 Original – In Private Collection

9×12 Print – $50

mini (5×7) print – $25

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“Two on a Daydream”

(Little boy face drawn from a vintage ’30’s photo,

but I changed dog to my favorite sheltie pup and added the dream-like falling leaves…  🙂

Original $175 – Sold

                 11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

           mini print (5×7) – $25

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“One Special Night Out”

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Just to show you how I framed this one for myself, above my desk

    Original $175 – Sold

                 11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

                   mini print (5×7 – $25

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“You hold my heart”

11×14 Original

9×12 print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Sails on Water Lights”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Once Upon a Goldleaf Day”

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Inspired by this photo

9×12 Original – Private Collection

9×12 Print – $50

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“You make the strings of my heart zing!”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Life is sweeter when someone shares in your song”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Figure-Skating Double”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

Note:  Prints have a subtle shading in ice background not completely showing in this scan.

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“Cilla and the Giant Pumpkin”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Finn’s Favorite”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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” A Little Teddy-and-Me Time…”

9×12 original – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Molly and Moira 4th of July Color

Molly and Moira…Catching Moonbeams in a Jar on the 4th…When wonder is on parade!

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

Also available in black and white...  🙂Molly and Moira 4th of July Black and White

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“Nini”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original $95 (in a private collection)

9×12 Print available : $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Liam Face

“Liam”

pen and ink with graphite pencil, colored pencil

Original $95 (in a private collection)

 5 1/2 x 5 1/2  image on 9×12 paper

Print available : $50

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Connor's face

“Connor”

pen and ink with graphite pencil, colored pencil

Original $95 (in a private collection)

 5 1/2 x 5 1/2  image on 9×12 paper

Print available : $50

*  NEWLY AVAILABLE!  —  Personalized Stationary

Ask me about it!

Here’s a sample done from the drawing shown above:

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Molly at the beach

“Molly…Seashore dreamin”’

11×14 Original $150 (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Molly-St. Patricks-No Color

“Molly Cooks Up Green Marshmallows for Fam”

(See the St. Pat’s green color version in the The Luck of the Irish  gallery)

11×14 Original $150 (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

9×12 Print  $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

Moira-ballet pose

“Moira,  a la arabesque”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

11×14 Original $150 (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

Micah

“Micah’s treasure pocket”

Original 11×14  $150 (in a private collection)

pen and ink with graphite pencil

11×14 print $85

9×12 print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Custom-designed, commissioned as team recognition

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“...merrily, merrily…merrily merrily…”

pen and ink

Original $95  (in a private collection)

9×12 print available – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“By the sea…by the sea…by the beautiful sea…”

pen and ink

Original $95  (in a private collection)

9×12 print available – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Playing Zorro with Papi”

11×14 Original $150 (in a private collection)

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9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Message:  “A poet is one who puts a ladder up to a star —

and climbs it while playing a violin.”

~ Edmond de Goncourt

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Original $95  (in a private collection)

9×12 print available – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Baby-Warming”

pen and ink

11×14 Original $175  (in a private collection)

11×14 print- $85 (ask about smaller sizes too)

Message:  “In the storybook of Life, written in His Hand…  We will be your raindrops, you will be our Rose…” and a quote from George Eliot, “Life  began with waking up and loving my  mother’s face.”  Beneath the gate, “…and baby makes three…”

This is a piece I drew for a dear friend’s baby shower.   Non-specific in gender.

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“Portrait of a nine year old girl”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

9×12 Original $95  (in a private collection)

9×12 print – $50 

 

For additional portrait images of children, check out:

Valentines for Anytime

Baby Portraits

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Lighthouses and Other Landmarks We Love

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  More to come here.  I’d like to render some additional lighthouses, covered bridges, town landmarks and so forth.  Maybe some from your photos?  🙂

Ideas:

  • Treat the nautical lovers or lighthouse enthusiasts you know with a print
  • Gift for Father’s day
  • Decorate a den or nautical themed room with a print
  • Commission a drawing of a landmark you love 🙂

 Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Mixed Media

Original 11×14

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

Mini Print (@5×7) – $25

 

Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, California

Mixed Media

Original 11×14 – In a private collection

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

Mini Print (@5×7) – $25

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Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, California — Another View

“Sharing Umbrellas Under a Sudden Cloudburst”

Graphite Pencil and Pen and Ink

Original 11×14

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

Mini Print (@5×7) – $25

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“Michigan Light”

pen and ink

Original 9×12 – In a private collection

9×12 print – $50

Mini Print (@5×7) – $25

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If you love the images shown here, you might also enjoy these galleries:  🙂

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Quaint Shops and other Architecture

Trains Boats Vintage Cars

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Portrait Rooms Inside the Home

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to cherished rooms in your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  One of my favorite scenes in the classic film, ”Rebecca,’ portrays a wonderful morning room filled with warmth of fireplace, light streaming in windows…  It makes me think of a charm to our inside rooms even if we don’t live at duMaurier’s Manderley  :),  and that is what I want this gallery to bring to you…  and maybe to inspire a Pen and Ink of one of your own rooms?   🙂

Ideas:

  • Warm up a cozy spot in your kitchen, living room, den with one of these prints
  • Gift to a friend to say you enjoy having tea or coffee with them
  • Purchase these as note cards for thank yous and invites
  • Commission a drawing of a room, a chair, a desk or spot special to  you in your home or a place from your past

Girl at piano

“Practicing My Cross-over Piece”

Original 11×14

11×14  Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

  Mary's Bedroom Black and WhiteSouthern Grace Light

[See this one in Inspirational Designs with colors of fall gold through the windows]

Morning Room

Table for two…In the Morning Room

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 English Cottage Villa

 

Winston on his favorite chair

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Victorian staircase at Christmastime

(Although this is originally a Christmas card, print is also available without words)

Christmas-love come down

Cozy by the Fire

(Also available as a print without words)

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If you love the images shown in this section, you might also enjoy these galleries:  🙂

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Home Portraits Classic in Black and White

Home Portraits With A Touch of Color

Beautiful Doorways…Charming Gates

 

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Beautiful Doorways…Charming Gates…

 © Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired by these to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing of a beautiful entryway to your home or a place you love? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:

There’s something that always speaks to me in the elegant or charming portico or entryway to a home. In picturesque gateways that invite us in to someone’s story just beyond. Or beckon us to discovering… like the door to The Secret Garden. Artwork for your home that leads you in along stone pathways to your own imaginings of the story beyond the scene, each time you look at it…

• Choose one of these prints to decorate a cozy wall in any room
• Custom order a design of your own entry
– use as a party invitation or housewarming announcement from your photos
Consider an illustration of a unique architectural detail to a spot in your home or garden
Encourage a friend with a gift of a such an illustration – entryways that speak of new doors opening to light and joy, a lovely church door signifying a new marriage or significant celebration, a hidden garden…

 

“Beacon of Warmth in the Snowy Woods”

A lovely church in Marblehead, Ohio – reminiscent of those found in England

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

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“Thankful”

(Vine Covered Cottage)

Original – 11×14 In Private Collection

Print 11×14 – $85

Print 9×12 – $50

Mini Print – $25


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“Festive Portico”

Message: Christmas invites us to Royal housewarming of heart

Strung with candlelight and starlight carols to have and behold

pen and ink, originally a Christmas Card Design

 Original $95 – Sold

9×12 print available, with or without words, $50

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“English Door,”  in three seasons…

…black and white pen and ink or with colored pencil

11×14 Christmas Originals $175 each – Sold

11×14 prints available – $85 each (ask about smaller sizes)

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“Cottage Gate at Martha’s Vineyard…”

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black and white pen and ink

or with added colored pencil

Original $175 – Sold

11×14 print available – $85  each (ask about smaller sizes)

 

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Peace Be in the Neighborhood”

pen and ink with colored pencil

Original $95 – Sold

9×12 print available – $50

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If you love these, you might also enjoy these galleries:  🙂

People and Landscapes After the English Heart

Churches

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Home Portraits: With A Touch of Color

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired by these to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  I’ll tell you a secret:  Though I’m smitten with the frontispiece quality of classic black and white — sometimes as I study a house photo to draw, I can’t resist a pop of color.  The creamy pale yellow of a bungalow.   The sky blue of the shutters.   If not on the original, I may add it to a print… just to see. 

Other times, you, the client request that color touch.  I love to hear the role that color plays in your story behind the illustration, and to incorporate that  into the drawing for you.  The red door and shutters on the new widow’s home of so many family memories…  Or the red and white stripes of ‘Dad’s’ flag…  

Ideas:

  • Gift a print of one of these charmers to someone who loves renovating old homes (whether on hands or virtually via HGTV! 🙂 )
  • Decorate an office, home library wall or bookshelf with prints
  • Use prints of the blue shutter storybook drawing or the blue door and awning children’s shop (shown below) to decorate a child’s room
  • Commission your own home portrait with a pop of color!

Creekside Home in Tennessee

Original 11×14 – In Private Collection

11×14 print – $85

9×12 print – $50

 

 

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 Georgie’s Cottage Shoppe,  In Primrose Time

Original 11×14 –  $175

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 Print – $50

miniature print – $25

 

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1926 Craftsman Cottage Bungalow in Menlo Park, California

Original 11×14 – In Private Collection

11×14 print – $85

9×12 print – $50

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Colonial Red Door Cottage

Original 9×12 – In Private Collection

9×12 print available – $50

*also available in solid black and white

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.A 1906 Bungalow in Portland, Oregon

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Love this type of storybook cottage charmer!  (This one’s in my own ‘back yard’)

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.sweet cottage with modern touch

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1930’s bungalow

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An 1800’s home in Michigan when the spring Magnolia are in bloom.  :).  I did the original in black and white, (Compare with the original without color here:  Home Portraits: Classic In Black and White) but just thought I’d see what it looked like to add a bit of soft green or lavender pastel to a print…  A whole other mood… (Note: in person, the background is not so dark.  Scanning them here for you to see sometimes darkens the look here…)

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And since I’m going to away to prepare a place for you, I’ll come back again,and welcome you into My Presence so that you may be where I am        . ~ John

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Something about this one reminds me of a blustery day with Mary Poppins… it is really of a local a children’s clothing shop 

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Home Portraits: Classic In Black and White

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  print mages of lovely or quaint homes in the tradition of those that have long added charm to our decor…whether  of our own or  another that conveys light, warmth, a Norman Rockwell, Currier & Ives or Thomas Kincaid feel…

Decorate a living room or  office with a print reminiscent of historic homes
Commission a portrait of your home past or present, or of a summer cottage
Gift a friend with a portrait of their home

“Ollie and Bugsy At Home”

 

“The Three Birches”

Bonnell House

My title:  “Ode to Currier & Ives, American Colonial Summer.”

Christmas Candale House

My title for the version of this house without the Christmas greeting:

  “Ode to Currier & Ives, American Victorian Winter.”

The Womens Club With Words

Historic 1800’s Italianate Villa

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Tiny cape charmer

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Virginia Home

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The Colonial and The Potting Shed

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My title:  “Ode to Currier & Ives, American Spring.”

This client asked me to incorporate her son’s love of lacrosse (See the lacrosse stick against the garage) and daughter’s soccer ball (up front)… preserving the stories of their family lives in this home as they prepared to move across country…  🙂  An endearing Norman Rockwell feel to this neighborhood….

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English manor, American style

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Charming Tudor in Autumn (See with a bit of color in Christmas version of same home,  Winter Landscape Scenes )

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Zuehl Haus, Texas

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Lakeside Cottage

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My title: Cottage on the Green

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From Vintage and Family Photos

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired by these to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  Illustrations of our favorite family or vintage photos…  More to come here (possibly of a 1920’s woman and your  favorites from photo),

Ideas:

  • Gift a print of “for the love of ‘Glory’ to anyone who is enchanted by the beauty of a horse, or to decorate a girl’s room…
  • Gift a print to Dad or someone who enjoys images and cars of the 1940’s, Barbershop music, or John Wayne
  •   Decorate a man’s study with a print ready for framing
  •  Gift a print to someone in the Navy or Barbershop Quartet
  • Commission a piece from one of your family or vintage photos – great gift to give a family member to honor a special birthday or anniversary!

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“Two on a Daydream”

(Little boy face drawn from a vintage ’30’s photo,

but I changed dog to my favorite sheltie pup and added the dream-like falling leaves…  🙂

Original $175 – Sold

                 11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

           mini print (5×7 – $25

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“One Special Night Out”

 

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(Drawn from this vintage 30’s photo)

Original $175 – Sold

11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

                                          mini print (5×7 – $25

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“Nini”

Drawn from this family photo

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original $95 (in a private collection)

9×12 Print available : $50

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…for the love of ‘Glory‘…

[This one is mostly graphite pencil – to get that soft quality – with a touch of pen and ink.  It is one of my personal favorites.  Just quintessential for all girls who ever loved a horse…  and somehow, it reminds me of Shirley Temple, though it isn’t her… 🙂 ]

Original $175 – Sold

11×14 print available – $85  (ask about smaller sizes too)

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Dad and his Cousin

From a family photo, “Cousins home for Christmas,  circa 1945”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original $95 – Sold

9×12 print available – $50

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“Playing Zorro with Papi”

Original – Given as a birthday gift

pen and ink

9×12 print available – $50

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“Nels”

Homage to my late neighbor,  graphite pencil with pen and ink

Original $80 – Given as a gift

8×8 print available – $40

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 A recently commissioned piece... “Couple beside fireplace”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original – Sold

11×14 print – $85

Barbershop quartet

 “Michigan Barbershop Quartet”

  Drawn from their 1960’s record album cover

14×17 Original $280 – Sold

11×14 print available – $85 (ask about smaller sizes as well)

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Quiet Man

John Wayne in The Quiet Man

“Peace in Innisfree”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original $80 – Sold

8×8 print available – $40

Since I drew this from a vintage film photo (John Wayne as an American Irishman), I thought I’d also include it  in this gallery as well as Memorable Movie Moments, as an example of a portrait  you might choose from a photo of a family someone not so famous to the world, but a star to you!   🙂

Love those old-fashioned caps!

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Lighthouses and Other Landmarks We Love

Trains Boats Vintage Cars

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Memorable Movie Moments We Cherish

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to classic movie favorites in your life? Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  More to come here..  I have in mind a few classic scenes I’d love to draw, like Zuzu and Jimmy Stewart talking over her ‘Wonderful Life’ petals , another of Natalie Wood in the “I Believe” scene of ‘Miracle,’ possibly one of John Wayne from ‘The Quiet Man…”, in Irish cap…

Ideas for these from Miracle on 34th and The Quiet Man:

  • Hang Miracle at Christmas next to your own family photos of your children with Santa
  • Gift a print to fans of Natalie Wood (Miracle) or John Wayne (Quiet Man)
  • Treat a classic movie fan with a print, or decorate a classic film area in a TV room, man’s study or basement…
  • Gift Quiet Man to anyone who loves all things Irish… including Irish gents sporting caps, thatched cottages… or Happy St. Pat’s to a man of quiet character and strength that you know…

Have a favorite scene or memory in a classic movie?  Maybe like to  have a drawing of one in particular?   Tell me about it…   🙂

 

“I Believe…”

(Natalie Wood, “Miracle on 34th Street”)

 

“Paste it, Daddy”

(Jimmy Stewart and Karolyn Grimes in “It’s A Wonderful Life”)

 

 

“Skater’s Waltz”

(Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

 

America Flag Pageant

“God shed His Grace on thee”

inspired by one of my favorite scenes in Disney’s “Pollyanna,” at the town 4th of July picnic

Original 11×14

Print 11×14 – $85

Print 9×12 – $50

Mini print (@ 5×7) – $25

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Quiet Man

 John Wayne, in ‘The Quiet Man’

“Peace in Innisfree”

pen and ink with graphite pencil

Original $80 – Sold

8×8 print available – $40

[I just loved drawing the old fashioned Irish cap!]

Miracle on 34th Street

Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’

pen and ink with graphite pencil

8×8 Original – in a private collection

8×8 print – $40

 

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From Vintage and Family Photos

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People and Landscapes After the English Heart

© Pam Depoyan… See something here you’d enjoy buying as a print? Inspired to order a custom Pen and Ink drawing specific to your life and perhaps love of all things Brit?   🙂  Contact me at pam.depoyan@gmail.com

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IN THE GALLERY ROOM:  More to come  here. 

I love all things England and am always attracted to the beauty of their landscape and architecture, charm of tea and scones and Cotswald cottages, beauty and warmth of old Oxford style college grounds, not to mention Downton!  I have in mind to draw some landscapes with beautiful old stone bridges and cottages ,  homes lined with wonderful wrought iron fences , library rooms where the walls are lined with books, perhaps some pretty teacups and teapots as well…

.Ideas for this Ladies’ English Garden Tea: and Cottage Tearooms

  • Throw a Mother-Daughter [or… Auntie-Niece! 🙂 ] tea party for your young girl’s birthday and use note-sized cards of these prints as your placecards!  
  • Tuck smaller prints in and among books on shelves or add cosy charm to your living room, den or kitchen with a larger one or two
  • Gift a print to a fellow “lover of all things British”
  • Purchase in greeting card size to use as invites for a ladies luncheon, bridal shower etc.
  • Invite friends over for a British-Style Afternoon Tea and Hat party and use card size prints of these at your table settings… or set the mood with a larger print for your menu board
  • Deck out a child’s room with “story board illustrations” reminiscent of classic books and use them to create story time  of your own imagination as you view them together each day…

 

“Hill Top Farm, Near Sawrey, Cumbria England -Home of Beatrix Potter”

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 print – $50

Mini Print (around 5×7) – $25

 

“Julia”

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Malcolm”

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Caroler at the Window”

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

 

“Gathering Daisies as We May

11×14 print – $85

9×12 print – $50

mini print (5×7 – $25

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“Out on the Meadow Together” 

11×14 print – $85

9×12 print – $50

mini print (5×7 – $25

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Little Girl with Roses- darkened

“Vivvie”

               11×14 print – $85

9×12 print – $50

  mini print (5×7 – $25

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Sunday in the Park

“Sunday Yachting in the Park”

11×14 print available – $85

9×12 print – $50

           mini print (5×7) – $25

Note:  “Sunday Yachting in the Park” stands alone of course, but I drew this with the idea of a “companion” piece for This Bouquet’s For You” (scroll below)  of the same era…

Like some color added?  Just ask…

Summer in the Park-Color

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“This Bouquet’s For You”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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England-White Cottage by Sea

“Windemere Cottage…seaside in Devon, England”

11×14 Original

11×14 Print – $85

9×12 print – $50

Mini Print (around 5×7) – $25

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Blue in a Garden

“Inside a Child’s Corner of an English Garden”

(With Bluebells and Larkspur, akin to Bluebonnets…  🙂  )

Original 9×12

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Blue with Lambs on Hill

“Daffodils and Bluebells Sway”

Original 9×12

9×12 Print – $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Love finds a way…Special Delivery”

11×14 Original

9×12 print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Sails on Water Lights”

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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“Wedding Guests on the Churchyard Walk” (Somewhere in England)

11×14 Original  (in a private collection)

11×14 Print $85

 9×12 Print $50

mini print (5×7) – $25

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Rosewood

Original $175 – In a Private Collection

11×14 print available – $85 

9×12 print –  $50

miniature print (5×7) $25

Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage Tearooms; Torquay – a seaside town in Devon, England

pen and ink with pastel

Original $175 – In a Private Collection

11×14 print available – $85 

9×12 print –  $50

miniature print (5×7) $25

[Oh, I love this one.  Mm…I can almost feel myself walking with the figures there,  breathing in the salt air in this, possibly because it reminds me of  trips I’ve taken to Carmel, California as well as an English scene I’ve only read of in books…]

      Periwinkle Cottage

Periwinkle Cottage Tearooms, Selworthy Green, England 

pen and ink with pastel

Original $175 – In a private collection

11×14 print available – $85 

9×12 print –  $50

miniature print (5×7) $25

[When I increased the size of the photo I used as my drawing model, I found this cottage actually has what looks like a thatched roof made of lavender!  I can imagine driving  over rolling emerald hills and coming upon this charming scene – like a dream…  🙂  Even a little secret garden gate hidden behind the bench…]

Cottage Tearooms

The Cottage Tearooms, The Cotswolds, England

pen and ink with pastel

Original $175 – In a private collection

11×14 print available – $85 

9×12 print –  $50

miniature print (5×7) $25

(Don’t you love this charming real life tearoom?  I can almost hear the bell on the door calling me to tea and crumpets, or scones with clotted cream…   🙂  I think this will be the first of many of England’s Tearooms I will be adding here… Just can’t get enough of these!  I used a combo of pen and ink, graphite pencil and pastel to achieve this soft look…)

Garden Party

.Ladies’ English Garden Tea

pen and ink

Original $175 – In a private collection

11×14 print available – $85 

9×12 print –  $50

miniature print (5×7) $25

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