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J. R. Shuck’s Art Studio 807 HIGHLAND AVENUE PRINCETON WEST VIRGINIA 24740 E-mail: jrshuck@suddenlink.net Phone: 304-487-3935 Cell: 304-920-0246 |
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J. R.’s HOME PAGE PORTRAITS |
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“DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD” Acrylic on canvas 24” x 36” |
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Welcome to my art page. I have been painting for 40+ years and have literally thousands of paintings to my credit. I have received many corporate commissions including retiring company executives, attorneys, judges and portraits of just plain working people (such as myself). There is no better honor to bestow upon a person than to present them with a formal canvas painting commemorating their accomplishments. They make excellent gifts for those who have everything and are hard to buy for. I have had literally hundreds of people tell me that a portrait of their children, or grand children, was the best gift they had ever received. The same can be said of paintings other than portraits. They become heirlooms and can be passed down through generations. I have a variety of choices in portraits ranging from $100. to $5,000+. I am a professional, no-nonsense, artist and I will guarantee an exact likeness with you having the right to rejection if you are not fully satisfied. Thank you for viewing this sampling of my artwork, and remember: “A PAINTING WILL OUTLAST A MERCEDES”… —J.R. Shuck |
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“OLE CLIFF” Mr. Cliff Godfrey of Matoaka, West Virginia Oil on canvas 24” x 36” |
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“HONORABLE JOHN R. FRAZIER” Retired Circuit Court Judge, Mercer County WV Commissioned by the local bar and placed on permanent display in Mercer County Courthouse Acrylic on canvas 24” x 30” |
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“PENNY— PORTRAIT OF A LADY” The late Penny Mirabile managed a nursing home health care facility. This portrait was commissioned in her honor and hangs prominently in the facility in Princeton WV. Acrylic on canvas 18” x 24” |
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“BUFFALO CREEK SURVIVORS” THE EYES SAY IT ALL… The painting at left depicts Mrs. Alice Jacobs (then 71) comforting her great-grand daughter, Rhonda Hoosier shortly after the Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster took the lives of more than 125 people on February 26, 1972, in Logan County West Virginia . Rhonda’s grandmother perished in the flood. This painting was donated to the Logan County Chamber of Commerce who, in turn, donated it to the BUFFALO CREEK MEMORIAL LIBRARY in Man, West Virginia. The painting was unveiled at a memorial service on February 26, 2008, the 36th anniversary of the disaster. The families of many of the victims attended the moving service. Although Mrs. Jacobs has long-since passed on, little Rhonda is now 40 and has 2 daughters of her own. The artist had the opportunity to meet Rhonda’s relatives, including her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and her sister at the momentous occasion. The painting will hang permanently in the Library to commemorate the victims of this tragic disaster. Acrylic on canvas 16” x 20” |
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“DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD” Close-up detail of painting above... Acrylic on canvas 24” x 36” |
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“PROUD PARENTS” The two paintings above depict Lee Ross and his wife Dr. Sherri Ross holding their new-born daughter, Olivia Ruth Ross Both are acrylic on canvas 24” x 36” |
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“THE SERGEANT & THE GENERAL” The painting at left shows then General Dwight D. Eisenhower congratulating Staff Sergeant Steve Spurrier of Bluefield, WV for receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics in World War II. Above and above left are close-up details of the same painting. The painting is on display at the “THOSE WHO SERVED” war museum in the Memorial Building in Princeton, West Virginia — Acrylic on canvas 24” x 30” |
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“AN ARRAY OF PORTRAITS” The five portraits above represent a small sampling of commissions I have done over the years. They are all acrylic on canvas and are loved dearly by their proud owners. |