Simple framing
Simple Framing I'm going to share something a little different this week. As an artist, you'd think my walls would be loaded with my artwork but in fact, I prefer to enjoy other artists' work in my living space. I recently purchased two lovely seascape paintings from...
Finished Portrait of a Cavalier
Finished Portrait of a Cavalier This is the finished memorial painting of Katey, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Many of my clients come to me when a pet they have loved has passed on. As a pet "parent" myself, I have loved and lost my own dogs, and understand just...
Portrait of Katey, a Cavalier
Portrait of Katey, a Cavalier I completed the underpainting and went on to start layering in the strokes that create the fur. Coats on different animals and breeds vary enormously. The artist needs to use different types of brush strokes to capture their many...
Sweet Katey, beginning a memorial portrait
Sweet Katey, beginning a memorial portrait I began this painting of Katey, a lovely little Cavalier who crossed the rainbow bridge, quite a while ago. I was looking over my past work and realized that this turned out to be a favorite painting--but that I never posted...
Daisy, a Rescue, The Finished Custom Pet Portrait
Daisy, a Rescue, The Finished Custom Pet Portrait Many small brush strokes later, this is the finished painting of Daisy, a beloved rescue dog. I wanted to catch the reflective light in her eyes and the lovely texture of her pinkish nose. When I have a lot of detail...
Daisy’s Portrait, the Underpainting
Daisy's Portrait, the Underpainting This is the first layer of paint as I start on Daisy's portrait. My goal at this point, is to capture the feeling of volume in the form by defining areas of dark, light and midtone. I also try to establish the local color of each...
Portrait of Daisy, a rescue dog
Portrait of Daisy, a rescue dog The painting I last posted about--Pudge's portrait was part of a set given as a gift. Daisy was the companion dog portrait that I painted. This is the sketch for her portrait. In order to keep both paintings unified--each was the same...
Finished Portrait of an English Yellow Lab
Finished Portrait of an English Yellow Lab This is the finished custom pet portrait of Pudge, an English Yellow Lab. The final painting was 12" x 12" in acrylic on an archival hard panel. I'll be posting the companion portrait of Daisy next. I was fortunate enough to...
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