We are Cross Species Now.

Because I have really had a lot of other work to do, the blog is going to integrate and I will be showing my kitties (birds, horses and turtles if people ask!!!) as well. I am a pet portrait painter, and will be sharing the business.

This is a memorial. And a birthday gift. And an oil. Lots of stretching here. Mixing media is good for the brain, but always hard to shift gears.

Well Loved Boston.

This is another gift to a friend by a friend. Somehow I seem to be a darling of the Boston Terrier set. This old man doesn't have years left, but there is now a great memory to help take his place:

A Winner.... with some guilt!

I give a lot of charity donations, especially around the holidays. This is the last of my winners. Apparenly our subject had a run in with its mom's favorite wash-up glove. This is a recreation of the event. The actual glove has ... well ... passed on.

A Very Missed Friend.

I have a really great client who is giving this piece to a friend. When you get a phone call that their VERY best friend has died and the tears are in their voice, what a great friend she is to offer a little memory for him to cherish:

A Birthday Gift

This little puppy was a commission through a show about GOLF! One never knows who one will run into, eh?

Hello again!

I am all over the map these days! I just am finishing two shows, not dog related, and one more on Easter, but I have had occasion to do a couple more dogs!

Here is the demonstration piece I did last night for the Arizona Art Alliance show in Scottsdale Arizona.

The Final Demonstration

I went over the softer shapes in both white and black pencils to make the fur more furry. Crisp edges and bright eyes. Voila!

Charcoal Aussie

Sorry, folks! I have been trying to keep things going all over the map and the pictures I have been painting do not have fur! I promise to post all dogs but they are few for now (but I have a feeling something big may be happening in March. Cross fingers for me.

This is a demonstration of charcoal that I did for my class in Mesa. We are tackling all sorts of subjects and I will take this to a sharper finish tomorrow. Keep watching.

A Prize of a Puppy!

I work with Trisong Tibetan Terriers and this little pick of the little is my newest portrait in the hall of champions!

Sweet Little Millie

This young lady was sitting in the dog park JUST SITTING! I spoke with her owners who were visiting from out of town. I was hoping to finish this and show them before they went home to San Diego.... Millie is a little widdow and although she seemed pretty disinterested and very opinionated when approached for comment, I found in most of my photos of her, she was actually either asleep sitting up, or resting her eyes.... such a personality!

Bill, the First Portrait this Year

I seem to be popular with the Pit Bull set, and I am complemented to be! I met Bill's owner at a the Lucky Dog event and was contacted to do this little memorial of a great old friend.

Christmas Over, New Year Coming!

Click my Pic:

I retire my mini portraits, 5x7" in an 8x10" mat until May, so I am offering the

HANG OVER SPECIAL!

Same price as my Christmas Portraits until the 15th of January!

(I WILL have a different special at Valentines, but that is a couple of months away!)

I can guaranted the minis is 7 days from sending the photo to in your mailbox.
Still only $90.....

Keeps me in dogs for the blog!

Happy Christmas Eve!

This is Dozer. His mom won a silent auction and I delivered it a few days before Christmas!

I hope has a happy home!

Three Good Friends

I have a very bad reputation for being the most important thing on a pet owner's mind, right before they lose their good friend. The Chessy in the portrait ended his life while I was painting. PLEASE think of maybe getting a portrait while you can enjoy the dog AND the painting. It makes me cry sometimes when I deliver these....

Pretty Dark Little Schauzer

This is probably the last of the pre Christmas commissions. NOT BY CHOICE, but I ran out of photos. It is for an organizer of a great little animal charity, Lucky Dog. Her Mom's dog is not just lucky, now it is immortal.

One of Those Black Dogs

I am always getting two questions: "How do you paint White dogs?" and "How do you paint Black dogs?" I use every shade of not quite black and not quite white that I can.

A few more!

I have a few more commissions (YES!) and here is the lovely little Yorkie... Roxy!

More Dots

This lovely young lady is staying here while her Mom, a dear retiree, moves back home to a community of her peers. Because she is going along, her kids have commissioned this memory to take along and remind her of her friend until she returns next winter.

Buddy Love - For You to Rescue!

I did a wonderful event this weekend for Lucky Dog Rescue and demonstrated this portrait of one of their little charges. This is Buddy Love and ready for YOU to love! Email me.

Tomo

Look familiar? This is one of the responsibilities of being a portrait painter. The owners are always bragging on how snowy white this kid is. My golden light was a bit too yellow and I did a bit of tweaking and we think this is the image. And I signed it...