Granite

As you can see from the well loved face, Granite had been very loved and will be very missed. 

Holly

After a good cry, I delivered this to a client. Holly left the world a week or so before her picture came to replace her in her very loving friend's home.

Libby

A beautiful great GSD.

5x7"

Third Pup, Traveling.

The older of the poodles was a real challenge. Whitest dog ever! Hope they like them when they arrive, which should be some time tonight while I sleep!

Golden Lab. Number Two in the Trio.

This beautiful boy is the second of the three pictures heading for homes in Bankok!

A Trio Going Abroad!

I just finished three gifts for a client who is taking all three of my next puppies on a trip to Thailand! After things dried out from the flood, they are bound for happy homes (hopefully drier!) The first poodle puppy:

Maxwell

Another Christmas commission, ready to show in the big world.
Max has white eyelashes, which are perfect for a 15 year old, and fur like cotton candy. Spunky but just a little creaky, this old guy is a workin' dog and great friend to his family.

Peppy

This is a special gift for a good friend. It is pastel pencil on tinted watercolor paper. Started as a black and white charcoal, but I couldn't help getting these amazing tones in.

Four Noble K9's!

From way out East, I got this commission to honor a retiring K9 Cop and his four favorite partners. A great thank you gift for a man well loved by his staff and co-workers and a wonderful honor to his historic canine heros.

Dr. Delac's Mini

This is the tiny little furbaby of my wonderful vet, Lori Delac. She has helped so much with The Dude, I want everyone to share her love of beasties, and head to Indian School Animal Hospital in Scottsdale. Great care!

5" watercolor on Canvas

A Christmas Memorial

This is dear Dakota. She recently passed and her mom was the winner of the Golden Retriever Golf event this year. A great memory of a wonderful friend

Christmas Diamond Pup

The first of the 5", deep canvas diamond gifts. More to come.

Madie Girl - A Christmas Memorial

This is the first from my recent demonstration at the Friends of Animal Care and Control charity event. The FACC is one of the greatest rescue groups around! They put their money where their hearts are and their goal is to have NO unwanted animals! SPAY NEUTER!!!

A couple of Golden Smiles

These lovely blondes were at a park a few years ago and I found them to paint at the Golden Retriever Rescue event last month in Scottsdale. Mostly done, so ready to post!

First Christmas Commission

This cute little Boxer is officially my first commission for the holiday season!

Don't forget to order early!

(Minis are available until I can't finish them in time!!!)

Blessing The Animals

My great friends at PACC911 asked if I would donate art for their T-Shirt design for the Blessing of the Animals Adopt-a-thon at the Franciscan Renewal Center (the Casa) this October.

They have approved this design and I can't wait to put it on my own back!!!

Loving that Ball

I have been trying (with much effort and low results) to help a charity book featuring a red Golden Retriever. I have been making realistic sketches that really don't suit the format of the book, but I came across one I had completely forgotten!

And boy, did it cheer me up!

Finished Portrait in Mat

We are trying to send it out ASAP.

Rescues are not often cute puppies and kittens. The neediest are the animals with very little time, lives that will be short and the most wonderful rescue people give these guys a quality of life at the end that makes us understand what humane REALLY means. Just respecting all life as much as our own.

Good Bye Jesse

A Memorial in Progress.

I support so many rescues. Now it is time to support a rescuer. My local group has suffered the lost of a sweet rescue and this is something to ease the pain of the loss of a tiny life that was too short on earth:

Waiting for a little critique before I finish it.

A Little Silverpoint of My Cat

This little 5x7" board is gesso with stain, I thought it would look like spilled milk, but it is in the R&D stage.

My cat, The Dude