Finished Portrait of a Chocolate Lab

Finished Portrait of a Chocolate Lab

by | Sep 20, 2014 | Blog

Finished Portrait of a Chocolate Lab This is the finished painting of Bear, the Chocolate Labrador Retriever. I really enjoyed the challenge of placing him in autumn landscape. When a painting is larger like this one, 24″ x 18″, it allows a greater focus...
Wedding Gift Painting of a Chocolate Lab

Wedding Gift Painting of a Chocolate Lab

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog

Wedding Gift Painting of a Chocolate Lab I was commissioned to create a painting as a very special wedding gift. Bear is a handsome chocolate lab, and this painting was going to be quite large–24″ x 18″. As you can see, the original photo was a good...
Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier

Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier

by | Aug 10, 2014 | Blog

Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier I’ve completed my painting of Roscoe, fine-tuning all the detail into his fur, his eyes and his collar.  He’s such a handsome boy. When I showed his painting to his “mom”, she noticed how...
Jack Russell Fur Detail

Jack Russell Fur Detail

by | Aug 3, 2014 | Blog

Jack Russell Fur Detail Roscoe’s coat is made up of a mixture of brown and white tones, but the brown fur is sprinkled with loads of fine white hairs. There are no shortcuts for a painter–out comes the little brush while I layer dozens of tiny strokes on...
First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting

First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting

by | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog

First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting For me, every painting starts with a first, rough underpainting. And when that goes well, I know the rest of the painting is going to go well too. This painting is starting off that way–you can see a...