Posted in art class, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged Joy, Lab, Pat portait on September 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Joy has been painting with me at The Studio for a long time. She loves her painting sessions and tells me that she paints to make others happy. She almost always is painting something for a family member or friend. Her portrait of Lily is for her niece. I’m sure that Lily’s mom will be thrilled with this gift. Keep painting Joy!
Posted in Animals, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged dog, pet portrait on August 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Cooper is headed home….to Florida. I’ve done other commissions for Cooper’s dad of his other dogs and since Cooper joined the family this past year he needed a portrait too. I think pet portraits are still my favorite!
Posted in art class, dogs, The Studio/Classes, tagged bee, Bumble Bee, flower, kids, Lncoln on August 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday a group of young painters from Angel’s Korner Daycare came to paint at The Studio. They did a great job….and Lincoln made 14 new friends!
Posted in Animals, dogs, Paint Party, Pet Portaits, tagged dogs, Pet Portraits, pets on July 19, 2020| 1 Comment »
A small group came for Pet Portrait painting yesterday….and they did an amazing job! We’ll be painting pets again on Saturday, August 15th at 1 pm. Click here to register.
Posted in daily painter, dogs, Serendipity, tagged dogs, Garden Poles, Memory Pole, Peace Pole on July 18, 2020|
I have been wanting to make this Garden Pole for sometime…. it’s really a Memory Pole. It has all the names of the dogs who have lived with me in Virginia. I plan to put it in a place that I can see everyday as I leave and enter the house.
Posted in Animals, Commissions, daily painter, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged Cavalier, commission, pet portrait, Toby on July 5, 2020| 1 Comment »
I was recently commissioned by my brother-in-law to paint a pet portrait of his best friend’s Cavalier that they had just lost. His name was Toby and he was a very successful show dog for several years. In his retirement he kept his “dad” company. I was told that the recipients loved the painting…and then I got this text …the kind of message that makes me love the work I do:
“Hi Kelly. I just wanted to thank you for the portrait of Toby that Billy and Suzanne asked you do do for me. Toby came into Lynnette’s and my life as a little fur ball that Lynnette bought unseen over the phone. We knew early on that he was no ordinary dog. He helped us get through the loss of our two sons and over time became like my third son. I miss him dearly.
I didn’t mean to go on but hoped this would demonstrate how much this means to me. You have a special gift and I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I wish you the best that life has to offer.”
Posted in Animals, dogs, Paint Party, Pet Portaits, tagged pets on June 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Pet Portraits are always the most fun! Yesterday we were back painting pets. Beautiful work!
Posted in Commissions, daily painter, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged German Shepherd, Shepherd on May 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Posted in art class, dogs, Flowers, tagged sunflowers on May 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The family group returned yesterday for another session of painting and once again, they did great! They painted the family dog, a big sunflower and a big abstract flower. Very nice work!!!! They are going to have nice pieces to take back home to Kentucky.
Posted in Commissions, daily painter, dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged Cocker, Cocker Spaniel, Maggie on May 7, 2020| Leave a Comment »
This is sweet Maggie…a beautiful Cocker Spaniel that was Denise’s pup years ago. She asked me to do a portrait of her recently so she could hang it with the portraits of the other two she has had…Luke and Sadie. You can see Sadie here.
Just completed another commission….Reggie. He’s gone home to live with the other commissions I did recently…