paintings: greyhounds

These beautiful dogs turned out fabulous, didn’t they?

These were painted as a commission, so are not available for sale. I just love showing off beautiful things. 🙂

painting: ridgeback dogs

These are someone’s special friends I was commissioned to paint.  I wasn’t so happy with how the third painting turned out, so I tried again with the same dog sleeping.

 

I think he has an odd expression, below. Dog’s have the same micro facial muscles as do humans, and emphasizing one of these tiny lines sometimes results in TOO much expression. In this case, he looks a tiny bit too dour to me. This would be perfect for a cat portrait, but not a dog.

I tell you, painting is a lifelong learning endeavor.

painting: basset hounds

These are 8″x8″ paintings, but even so small, there’s a lot of detail and they carry off portraiture very well. I think both have very strong results.

These were commissioned items, so not for sale.

painting: sweet doggies

These lovely dogs were custom work, but I like to show off. Can’t go wrong with happy pets!

painting: chihuahua (12/17/19)

I’ve been painting Christmas presents so most are secret, but here’s one the owner knows about so it’s okay to show it off. Isn’t she a darling?

painting: catahoula dog (08/03/19)

I  love the uniqueness of each of these dogs’ appearance. Owning one is on my wish-list.

10″x10″ oil on stretched canvas. In my Etsy shop now.

painting: labrador retriever

A commission of a lovely lab. I love airplane ears.

painting: greyhound (03/28/19)

A handsome guy painted last week. Not available for sale, but worth showing off. 😀

painting: Cooper

Another lovely face. I love merle because it offers so much possibility for colors.

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Another lovely face. Doesn’t she look like a sweetheart?