Custom Artwork for The Daytripper in Austin, TX

This past week I sent a new piece of custom artwork to The Daytripper in Austin, TX. Chet Garner is the creator and host of The Daytripper, an amazing Texas travel show on PBS and a longtime family friend.

Our two families grew up together in Church and on the campground beginning when I was just 4 years old. We've traveled all over the U.S. from the Smoky Mountains to the Rocky Mountains, so when Chet requested a Texas-size binglish art piece of the Austin skyline I had to create something great!

Before becoming The Daytripper, Chet used to be an entertainment lawyer, so he is the mastermind responsible for getting my brand name, binglish, trademarked and registered with the federal government. Instead of sending me a giant lawyer bill we agreed that a custom painting would be a much better form of payment.

"Austin, TX" was created from photographs Chet took of the buildings downtown, with acrylic paint and special tea-dyed paper that frames the outside rim of the piece. My favorite part was creating the energy in the sky with my paintbrush and different hues of blue. Austin is such an incredible city with so much energy, I needed to get that somehow into the piece.

Last night @ChetTripper tweeted, "My first original painting and my new favorite painting of all time courtesy of @bethinglish. This is talent." It feels so great to have another happy customer!

Creating custom art is one of my favorite things to do! I even wrote a blog article about that you can read here.  So if you would like a custom art piece please email me at beth@binglishART.com and I'll get started on it right away.

Austin, TX 36 x 18 Mixed Media

Custom Created Art in Nashville Tennessee

One of my favorite things to do is create custom art. From beginning to end I think about the person I'm making it for and how I can give them art that's truly authentic.  I ask myself,

"What would they like and what do I see?"

Recently, I had the pleasure to create a Christmas present painting for Country Music star, Deana Carter.  Above all other paintings, this one was my favorite because I connected with it on a very personal level.  Using a photograph of Deana and her Dad, Fred Carter, I had to make the painting look like the picture, but not be an exact portrait. (below)

Deana and her Dad had a very special bond through music.  She pursued the music industry in Nashville because of him.  Fred Carter was the premier guitar player in Nashville in the 1960s and recorded with Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Joan Boez to name a few.  I connected with this story because I have a very similar bond with my Dad through music.

I paint and write about everything music because growing up my Dad always had a guitar in his hand.  He continues to inspire everything I do.  I understood their father/daughter bond through music and put that energy into the painting.

That experience is a perfect example of why I love making art for other people.  Connecting with others is one of life's greatest gifts.

If you would like to join the others who own a custom artwork, please email with your questions at beth@binglishART.com.