Doberman Pinscher

We had the sweetest doberman growing up. She had natural ears and I simply adored her. I have been partial to doberman's ever since and I just couldn't resist painting this sweet puppy. This one is for sale in my etsy store, see below for link.

Doberman Pinscher (Natural Ears)
12x12
Oil
FOR SALE ON ETSY!

Lucas Lucas Lucas

I have truly been blessed to have met a lovely family who has a tremendous love for their dogs. This is the third portrait I have done for them and as always, it has been such a pleasure! Meet Lucas Lucas Lucas, their first family pet. It is clear that he made a lasting impression on their hearts.

Lucas Lucas Lucas
12s12
Oil

Tucker

I painted Bogey a while back and had the privilege of painting Bogey's sibling, Tucker, for a Christmas present this year. I had an even greater privilege of getting to meet Tucker in person when I met up with the owner to hand deliver the painting. The majority of portraits which I've done have been long distance so I don't get to meet the owners in person, let alone the subjects of the portraits. As you can imagine, I'm quite an animal lover and Tucker is a very sweet, very well mannered puppy and he even let me give him a big kiss! It doesn't get much better than that!

Tucker
12x12
Oil

Bogey, a.k.a. Shadow

I was recently given the honor of painting a most beloved and sorely missed companion by the name of Bogey. This was an amazing dog by the sounds of it who never left his guardian's side and whom I truly believe is still right there looking out for them.

Bogey
12x12
Oil

Detail #1 - Nose

Detail #2 - Eye

Baby Girl Underpainting

Here is the first of a few under-paintings which I did over the past few days and are drying right now.

This sweet little girl is calling me, I can't wait for the underpainting to dry so I can work on her some more! In the meantime I have three more masonite panels to gesso so I can get my other ideas sketched out and started.

I'm planning on going to Dick Blick to pick up some clay later this week. I have had the urge to dig my hands into clay lately and I have a few ideas I'd like to try out! I wasn't sure about it at first as I don't have, or know anyone else who does have, a kiln. I thought about going the Sculpey route but clay is so much less expensive that it just doesn't make sense to get Sculpey unless I was only doing one or two small items. It turns out that there are places around which allow you to rent a shelf of a kiln so that's what I'm going to do! Crossing my fingers that I can remember enough about clay from high school and college that my items don't explode!

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