I am so excited about the giveaway I have coming your way today!
About a week ago, I received an email from Meredith, a beautiful artist from Virginia. She is graduating in a few weeks from Longwood University with a BFA with a concentration in painting and drawing and is beginning to build a career as a fine artist and a portrait artist.
She sent me an amazing watercolor portrait that she did of Sadie and I was absolutely blown away.
Isn’t it amazing!? (And yes, I still have it in its protective wrapping until I can get it framed, hence the glare. I don’t want to take any chances with it!)
When I showed Ryan the picture he was just as impressed with her work as I was and we both treasure this gorgeous piece of art from Meredith.
Meredith has generously offered to do a giveaway of one single-subject watercolor portrait of an animal or person (approximately 10’’ x 12’’). (Check out her blog to see a current portrait she’s working on of an adorable little girl!)
Meredith notes that her work will be “as dynamic as the photograph allows,” and says that a vibrant, engaging photo will help her produce a vibrate, engaging portrait!
All I can think about right now when I think about this giveaway is what an amazing gift one of her original portraits would be for new parents (a baby portrait would be adorable!), an enthusiastic pet owner or parents of a recent graduate… or you can get one done of a pet or person who is special to you to keep for yourself!
If you would like to work with Meredith or check out some of her work, you may browse her Etsy shop, visit her blog or Facebook page or follow her on Twitter.
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below, telling me what you would like a portrait of if you won an original portrait from Meredith!
I will randomly select a winner tomorrow afternoon. Good luck!!
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This would be such a great gift for young parents!
Since I don’t have any little ones yet, I’d have to pick my cat Meatball. He is the strangest cat ever, so it would be awesome to capture one of his “special” moments in a watercolor pic!
I would love to have one of my little pug, marlee!!
Awesome giveaway!! I would LOVE to have a portrait of my dog, Brooklyn 🙂
I would ask for a gorgeous portrait of my golden retriever puppy, Norm. Thanks!
I would select one of my 2 lovely daughters 🙂
wow that picture is brilliant! I would probably love to get one of my parents extremely weird cat, Tut, or maybe one of my doggy, Clover 🙂
A wedding portrait of my husband and I!
Beautiful!! I would love a portriat of my two babies, Liam and Olivia 🙂
Meredith is so talented! My husband and I just got married in October, so I would love a portrait of us from our wedding day!
I have a 2 year old daughter, Lily, and another baby due in May. Would lOve to get Lily’s portrait done and then another later of the new baby. 🙂
I would love, LOVE to have one of my boyfriend and myself.
My sister is having a baby around the New Year. I am a very poor graduate student and generally my gifts are handmade. Considering that I am not very crafty, the stories behind the gifts are generally better than the gifts themselves. I would love to give her great gift after the kid is born; one that she will actually enjoy and appreciate and be able to keep for a long time.
Definitely our beloved yellow lab named Athena! My husband would love it!
The Sadie picture is amazing..so vibrant! 🙂 I would love to send my best friend in Cali a picture of her new born baby.
Awesome! I would defintiely have her do a piece on this amazing old picture of my grandma, I love the picture of her already because it is such a classic beauty picture from when she was in her 30s and think it would look amazing in a watercolor type portrait!
I would get a portrait of my dog, Jax.
I’d love to have one of my golden retriever!
So pretty – I would love a portrait of my girls!
Wow. That is impressive. Great blog too! I would like a portrait of my grandfather or my friends who are getting married in the Spring. They are lovely people and always take hilarious photos.
I would love a painting of my pup, Pali (well….she’s six but will always be my puppy!)
I would get a portrait of my crazy dog Sako! That painting of Sadie is lovely!
Id love one of my moms dog, hes a one year old boston (i own his brother) to give her for christmas!
I would like a picture of myself and my two best friends/roomates. The three of us graduated in May and my favorite picture of us is from that day.
Wow, such talent! I would definitely want one of my daughter.
this is amazing!!! i would definitely go for a picture of my pups… the lights of my life!
Beautiful picture! I would get a picture of my kids!
Since we don’t have kids yet and none of my siblings do either, I’d definitely get a portrait of my Shihtzu, Jersey : )
I would want one of my adorable little boy!
Beautiful work! I’d get a portrait of my niece. She’s a very active 2-1/2 year old; dynamic photos are the only type of photo you get of her!
I would love to win a watercolor portrait! My sister-in-law just had a baby & it would be a wonderful gift! 🙂
OMG this is so cool! My grandparents got my parents a painting of their dog and I have thought about getting one for our French bulldog. I would love to win!
I would also want a portrait of my dog. People would probably think I’m one of those crazy pet ladies, but he’s just too cute!
I would love a portrait of my weiner dog peanuts! He is the cutest 🙂
Would LOVE to have one of my German Shepherd, Georgia. She’s the best!
Wow! I would loove this! I’d have her do a portrait of Sadie, my 2 yr old daughter. 🙂
I would absolutely LOVE a portrait from Meredith! She is so talented fo sho!
I had a kitten who had a broken neck injury and I did everything to save her but it just wasn’t the right time for her. I consider her my angel for many reasons and even though I have two awesome cats today (thanks to her), I would love a portrait of her to remind me every day that she is looking after me now.
Thanks for the giveaway, Julie!
I’m rather stumped here….i have a new niece as of 10/5/11, so a portrait of her for my her parents (my twin brother and his wife) would be amazing! However we also have a dog that we would love to have a portrait of. Reese is a crazy dog when it rains…and it’s been raining her ALL WEEK, so i sometimes forget how great she is when she’s shaking the furniture, drooling all over us and the house, and panting uncontrollable. A picture capturing her try silly-ness would be great for rainy weeks 🙂 not to mention, we for some reason have a portrait of my brother’s boxer and not of our lab….weird i know!
I would like a picture of my brother, my dog, and I to give to my parents for Christmas, they would love that!
That portrait of Sadie is precious! No wonder you want to frame it! I don’t have anything hanging in my place of my dog Skyler, and I would LOVE it! Thanks for the awesome giveaway 🙂
My father and I. 🙂
I wold for sure get a picture of my Godson and give it to his parents as a gift. I just visited her blog– Meredith is amazingly talented!!!!!!!
I would love a portrait of our Shih Tzu, Dolce! So cute!
Wow! Such talent! I would love a portrait of my husband and I for our new home!
We have a horse that is over 25 years old that my husband loves dearly. I would love to give him a portrait of Dazzle.
This is an easy answer: my precious baby girl Adelyn. She is 4 months old and I can’t get enough of her. We have some amazing photos of her that I would love to see turned into a portrait. : )
If I won, I would love a portrait of my parent’s dog. She is getting old and might not be around for much longer. It would be wonderful to give them a keepsake for forever.
Gorgeous artwork! I’d love a portrait of a landscape shot from my all-time favorite trip to NYC!
Sadie’s portrait is stunning! I would love to get a portrait of my dad for our house. I come from a family of lifeguards and my dad, who retired last year recently went back and got re-certified. He’s now the oldest lifeguard on the beach 62!, and this summer one of the younger lifeguards took this great photo of him putting up the green and red swim flags. Right now its on the fridge but its a picture I would love to hang up- I know he’s proud of it!
Wow, she is very talented! I would probably get a picture of my cat, Scarlet – us crazy pet lovers!
Wow!! What a great giveaway. I would LOVE a portrait of my dog!!