Benneville Strohecker

WATERCOLORS

Customized Paintings of Children,
Portraits, Seascapes and Landscapes

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"Children's Fantasies" for Your Special Child

“Your creation for my grandson, Leo, made a huge hit with my family...especially Leo and his parents. The giclee prints made perfect gifts, so we could all share.”
- Chris Corbett, Andover, Massachusetts

“It was fun working on the poem with you, I was going to give the giclee copies as Christmas presents, but couldn’t wait."
- Paula Jo Tapp, Louisville, Kentucky

To learn more about how you and your family can have an original keepsake for that special child, I will send you details, prices, and a questionnaire to complete. This helps me learn about the child’s favorite stories, toys, dolls, TV characters, pets, friends and family. I would also need action photographs.

I use this information to create a rough draft of a poem to share with you for changes or additions. I send a pencil sketch of a proposed layout subject to your suggested changes. The finished work can be viewed prior to framing, or, if more practical, a photograph may be sent.

The finished art can be a size appropriate for you. Most of my commissions are about 24” x 30” including matting and frame, although recent requests have been for a smaller version 22” x 17”, including frame. (This came about when one grandfather, who commissioned two of the larger size, said, “Can you do something smaller?... I have 32 grandchildren.”)

Since most parents or grandparents want other family members to share the painting, I arrange for archival copies using the giclee process. This is a photographic reproduction using watercolor inks on watercolor paper. The result shows the dimension and feel of the original painting, at a fraction of the cost. These are normally matted, film wrapped, and ready for framing. (I’m told they make wonderful gifts to family members).

After accepting a commission, I usually can complete the finished art in six weeks.

Excerpt from Poem

Jacob sat thinking, in his best thinking pose.
He thought and thought the matter through
With his finger laid by the side of his nose.
(A think-trick he learned from Winnie the Pooh).

Excerpt from
11 verse poem
 “Play all Day”
Created for Caitlyn Tapp, Age 3

On the third day of April, two thousand and two,
A whirlwind appeared to Dave and PJ.
Caitlyn Tapp came out of the blue,
Announcing her intention to “Play all Day”.


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Benneville N.Strohecker, 55 Beach Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
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