painting: Grizzly bears

I paint almost every day, with time set aside to do just that. I have to schedule my day off in advance, because otherwise they would all turn into days off. There’s always something else that needs to be done, as I’m sure you know. So even though now and then the day feels like one where [...]

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painting: grizzly with apple

This was one of those paintings that I was excited about painting, and knew it would work out just right. And it did. I find when I am real excited to try something, usually they come out just as I imagine. Not always, but most of the time. I am showing you a close-up of [...]

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a new grizzly bear painting for etsy (11/08/10)

I painted a BIG grizzly (18″x24″) and will list it on etsy later this week. The paint is not quite dry, and I don’t want to be one of those people who say, “Shipping will be in another week, after the paint dries.” Because I totally understand when you buy something and plunk your money [...]

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paintings: a grizzly bear and a bunny

I have a bunch of zoo photos from a trip when I had my not so nice camera where the animal images are pretty small and I have to do a lot of guesswork about what is probably happening in some of the areas. I think as time goes on and I learn to paint [...]

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painting: a grizzly bear

I’m taking my Christmas break from selling on ebay, and won’t have any more paintings there until Dec. 29. In the meanwhile, I’m going to be listing one here and there on etsy throughout the month. I finished up this grizzly bear painting, and I’m happy with how he turned out. This is from my [...]

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