painting: German pointer (04/26/2018)

These were painted as a commission, and have gone on to the recipient now so  can share without ruining the surprise. If I talked about color choices, I’d have to say this one surprised me how it came together. Sometimes colors just work–sometimes they don’t. The mint green here I think worked wonderfully–it’s value range

painting: greyhound portrait (04/08/18)

Is this year galloping along or what? April. Wow. I sent this one out in my newsletter a couple weeks ago, then realized I needed to touch up the background a little. Here it is, ready to go. 8″x16″ oil on stretched canvas. Available here.

painting: German Shepherd (03/11/218)

This is a lovely dog who was at the park a couple summers ago, I’ve painted him several times now. I asked the lady about his heritage, and he was way outside of my price range, I think his relatives become police dogs. 12″x12″ oil on stretched canvas. Available here. SOLD thank you

painting: standard poodle (11/06/17)

11″x14″ oil on stretched canvas. Available in my etsy shop. This pretty girl was a passerby at an art show I set up at last summer.

painting: German Shepherd (06/01/17)

It’s June already? June? Oh, my! I haven’t even started Christmas shopping and we’re almost halfway there. I can’t believe it. Time gets away, doesn’t it? Like my visit with this beautiful dog. It was two July’s ago! I meant to paint him ever since, but he kept slipping down in my to-do list. Down

paintings: doggies, and buns (03/16/2016)

  Here’s several more paintings I’ve been asked to paint recently. I love this guy’s little half smile.   I find it difficult to juxtapose enough highlights to make a dark color seem full of life, but look, I did it!   It’s hard to go wrong with bunnies. Bunnies are just so sweet.

painting: a golden doodle (03/09/17)

This was a special request. The background in the reference photo was set up just right, so I included it. Sometimes I find too much background competes with the portrait, and try to  balance that out with a plain background so the pet can shine. This one worked out great, though.

paintings: a few requests

Here are several paintings from January. This beautiful girl passed away, and is a present for the owner. I hope she likes it.   This is a gift, too. I think I’ve painted only a handful of King Charles Spaniels.   This one I started out with gray/brown in mind, and then it went the

painting: a mixed breed

This guy looks like a cattle dog mixed with something else. Not sure what. But didn’t he turn out looking great? We’ve been having snow and ice since Christmas. It’s just going on and on. Everyone says it’s the worst winter in 20 years. I hope you all out there are having a better time

paintings: two I’ve been working on

I need to show off these two paintings, just to give my pinterest board somewhere to pull from. Do you want to see everything I’ve painted this year? Please visit my 2016 board! This lovely scene is from a customer’s photo. I painted it faithfully, will my own style added. I just love it.