Posted in Dogs, tagged Dogs, Rescue dogs, West Virginia on January 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Just got back from a fun weekend at the cabin with one of my painting buddies, Susan, and her latest addition, Max. He was rescued from our shelter by Susan’s family. Aren’t they lucky???!!!! 
Jed and Lincoln and Max all got along great. But it was Lincoln that Max enjoyed playing with most.
Thanks Susan for rescuing this great little guy. He’s going to be a wonderful addition to your family.
A Pile of Pups!!! 
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Virginia Artist on January 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Papillion is an acrylic on canvas measuring 12″x12″. SOLD! This is the third in the series of dog paintings that I am working on for the upcoming show. This one reminds me of our friend Sammy that we see when we walk around the neighborhood. He loves my dogs so much that if we don’t stop and visit with him he will tunnel under the fence and follow us!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 25, 2011| 3 Comments »
White Pup is the second in the new series that I am painting for the upcoming show. It is an acrylic on canvas measuring 12″x12″. This is the start.
Progress.
White Pup completed!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, Dog Park, Dogs, oil painting, watercolor on January 21, 2011| 1 Comment »
Very soon I will be asking for you all to help us as we move into the final phase of the dog park project. We need to raise money! Surprise, surprise. The good news is that everything is in place and we should have a park by the end of the year.
This watercolor painting is one I did several years ago when we kicked off the Dog Park project. I will be painting more dogs shortly for a show that will feature dogs and help draw attention to the project. Please stay tuned and if you can help we would really appreciate it.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, Landscape, oil painting, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on January 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I started this painting of Jed last Wednesday night in Adult Art Class. I used a photo by Sandra Patterson as my reference photo. I just love this look.
This is the beginning.
The next night at the Thursday class I had a few more minutes to work on it.
Last night while I waited for a couple of new students for a private lesson I took a few minutes to work on Jed again.
I may decide to tweak a few things after it dries a little but for the most part he’s done. Jed is an oil on canvas panel measuring 8″x10″. He’s not for sale. 🙂 He will go on my wall at home joining portraits of Truman, Jeffie, Boo and Rosie. Next I’ll have to work on Lincoln.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painting, Dogs, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on January 17, 2011| 3 Comments »
No new paintings today. I spent part of the weekend recovering from food poisoning. NO FUN! We were out at the cabin so I have cute puppy pictures to post. 
For some reason Lincoln kept sticking his face down in the ditch where the snow was deep. Not sure what he was after but he ended up with snowface!
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painting, Dogs on January 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Jed and Lincoln join me in wishing you all a very happy new year. We know that 2011 will be a good one for all of us.
We also want to say a special thank you to everyone who has followed our blog this year. We had almost three times as many hits in 2010 as we did the year before thanks to all of you.
We will continue to try to enhance this blog as we continue painting and creating everyday. Please follow along with us.
Ps. Lincoln says he’ll keep things exciting too. Stay tuned.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, Dogs on December 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Lincoln loved the snow and ran around in circles on the deck until he finally tired out.
Jed convinced him that tug-of-war was just as much fun as running in circles.
Posted in Dogs, tagged daily painting, Dogs, family on December 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A great photo of my niece Morgan, with my boys, Jed and Lincoln, and her little guy, Tam.
Posted in Crochet, daily painter, Dogs, tagged Crochet, daily painter, Dogs, hat, Virginia Artist on December 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Morgan, my niece, loves to wear hats almost as much as I do. I sent her several recently but while she was visiting this weekend I made this one for her. It’s her puppy hat!
She even let Lincoln try on one of her hats. He was not impressed.
The Studio 