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The Path…. and Lincoln

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , on August 31, 2010| 1 Comment »

Path Through the Woods is an oil on canvas measuring 11″x14″ and is available for $285. 

Lincoln had his first visit to the cabin recently and discovered the fish.  He was fascinated by them and I think they were curious about him as well.

He also spent a lot of time running through the tall grass and chasing butterflies.  He’s such a funny little guy.

Like all the dogs I have taken out there though, he hasn’t learned to pace himself and he runs until his little tongue just hangs out!  Hopefully he’ll learn soon.

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Finally….

Posted in Dogs, Sale, tagged , , on August 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Just because my computer didn’t have internet connection for three days didn’t mean the boys had to stop playing.  They have still been hard at playing!  But I haven’t been able to play, or work, or anything!  It is amazing how lost we are now without internet connection.  YIKES!

But now it’s fixed.  And because it happened at the end of my Dog Days of Summer Sale I am extending the sale prices until Wednesday.  Please scroll back through the offerings and let me know if you would like any of the paintings listed at these sale prices by contacting me a kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .  And tomorrow we will begin posting new paintings.  🙂

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Roses by the Door

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , on July 23, 2010| 2 Comments »

Roses by the Door is an oil on canvas measuring 12″x12″ and is available for $195 framed.  This is the second in the House and Garden series of  paintings.  (Click here to see the first one.)

Thanks to everyone who sent good wishes for Lincoln.  He is a little sport, that’s for sure.  To answer a few questions that came in about him:

I think (and my vet agrees) that he is a Dachshund/Airedale Terrier mix.  Not sure how that happened but it must have involved a ladder.

And we think he is about 1 year to a year and a half old so we have given him Lincoln’s birthday in February.  Appropriate for him!

And he must be a painter because when I got home from art class last night he had turned over a trash can and dug out a piece of palette paper that I had thrown out that had oil paint on it and he painted a rug and the hardwood floor.  Maybe I should have named him Picasso!

But how can you get mad at that face…

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Newest Family Member – Lincoln

Posted in Dogs, tagged , on July 22, 2010| 5 Comments »

Meet Lincoln.  He is the newest addition to the Walker household.  Jed was lonely all by himself so we started looking a few weeks ago for a new baby to bring home.  After searching for a little girl, it turns out that Jed like boys better.  🙂

Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln Walker) formerly known as Griffon at our shelter, was a stray picked up by animal control.  He was at our shelter, the Humane Society of Warren County, for about a month before we couldn’t resist and brought him home on Sunday.  He and Jed have been playing very hard since then.  It’s so nice that they play well together.

Tug  of War is a really fun game.  And now I don’t have to always be the one playing with Jed.  Yeah! 

Lincoln went to the vet on Tuesday for neutering.  I know people have mixed feeling about this but I think it is the responsible thing to do unless you have show dogs.  He seems none the worse for it.  The problem is keeping him from playing too much until he is healed. 

We think he is about 1-2 years old so we split the difference and are saying he’s one and a half.  And boy he is still a puppy!  Hopefully that will calm down soon.  Wish us luck.

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South Beach Chairs & Jed’s Birthday

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 9, 2010| 1 Comment »

South Beach Chairs is an oil on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″  and is available for $165.  This is one of the paintings that I did on location last week at Hilton Head and I just wrapped it up yesterday.

And today we wish Happy Birthday to Jed!  He’s 3 years old.  Good boy!

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Been Away for a Day or Two

Posted in Dogs, tagged on June 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Jed’s been laying around a little depressed this week so we went to the cabin for a couple of nights.  We are both feeling better after the tough week we had last week so I will have new paintings to post tomorrow. 

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and cards about  the loss of Truman.  We are still missing him so much but know he is better off where he is.  Thanks again.

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Truman

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , on June 2, 2010| 9 Comments »

We said goodbye to Truman yesterday.  He has been a part of our family for 11 years.  We got him when he was just 5 1/2 weeks old.  He was the cutest little puppy.

He had so many funny little quirks.  He would take his dog biscuits and hide them.  Then bark at them until someone came to find them and gave them to him again.  He did this every day.  And every day, there I would be on my hands and knees scratching through the back of the closet, or under the bed, or in a corner under a rug to find his “cookies”. 

He also like to play a silly game that we called “Where’s Truman” where he would get up on the bed and bark until you came in to see him.  Then we would throw the blanket over his face and say, Where’s Truman?  This could go on for several minutes until he was satisfied that he had gotten enough attention.

I know Truman had a great life.  We were good to him.  But we got so much in return from him.  Even with his quirkiness he was a great dog.  He  was the life of the party.  He loved everyone he met and had a great disposition.

He was our handsome boy and we miss him already. 

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Dogs, dogs, dogs…..

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , on June 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

One of the things I love best about having Delilah’s Art & Gift Gallery in Front Royal, beside the art, is that we are pet friendly and almost every time I am there someone comes by with their dogs.  Of course, I invite them in.  I keep treats just for such an occasion.  And usually I make new friends through this process. 

Recently, Hershey and Cocoa came in with their parents and their mom made this photo of them with me and just sent it to me.  I think they enjoyed their visit.  I know I did.

My art classes are pet friendly also.  I few months ago I had a new student join the Wednesday night class and her one caveat was that Waffles had to come to class too.  And of course, that was not problem.  Now Waffles comes to class each week and has fast become my favorite “art student”.  She is so good.  She stays in her little bag, unless I sneak her out.  Much to her Mom’s dismay, I often take her out and carry her around the class with me as we help students with their paintings.  She has a great eye for art!

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Truman

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged on May 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »

No new painting today.  Our Truman is not feeling well and I have been spending all my time with him.

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Marley

Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged , , , , , , on April 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Marley is an oil on canvas panel measuring 11″X14″.   He lives in Manassas with his dad and the painting was a birthday present for him. 

I love doing pet portraits!  It is always fun seeing photos of peoples beloved pets and hearing stories about them. 

Black dogs are the hardest for me to paint because it’s difficult to show the highlights of their features.  And I almost always do black dog portraits in oil because I can achieve the features better in oils. 

This is how “Marley” started out on the easel.  I keep several photos close at hand so that I can continually refer to it. 

The palette for “Marley” has some colors on it that you don’t necessarily see in the portrait but they are in there, mixed with other colors to achieve the look we want.

So Happy Birthday Marley’s Dad.  Hope you enjoy your painting!

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