Posted in Pet Portaits, tagged cat, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on November 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Bob Cat
Stinkin’ Lincoln
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Posted in Pet Portaits, tagged cat, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, oil painting, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on October 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
MeMaw, oil on canvas, 6″x6″.
This is MeMaw. She showed up at Allen’s warehouse about 3 years ago with three little yellow kittens. She was tiny and thin and, of course, Allen took them in and started feeding her and eventually the three boys as they got bigger. They were wild but he spent time working with them and now they all are tame with him. They have a good life at the warehouse with Allen. This little painting was Allen’s birthday present. (You can see Bob, one of the yellow kittens all grown up here.)
Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, Pet Portaits, Travel, tagged acrylic, cat, chickens, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, donkey, farm animals, farm paintings, flowers, goats, horses, impressionism, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Sassafras Farm, sheep, Virginia Artist, West Virginia on June 20, 2012| 1 Comment »
Casper, Spice and the Sheep Field
Barnyard with Variety of Animals
Chicken by Linda Kusior
The Goat Yard with Baby Goats
Maude
Posted in Art Class, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, cat, impressionism on May 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
Yesterday I had a delightful private lesson with Olivia and Jacob. They wanted to paint a cat….so we did.
They are 5 and 6 years old. Don’t you think they do wonderful work for such young artists? And we have fun to boot. What more can you ask?!
Posted in daily painter, Farm Animals, tagged acrylic, bob cat, cat, daily painter, daily painting, farm animals, impressionism, Virginia Artist, yellow cat on December 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Bob Cat, acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, 6″x6″. This painting was a gift to Allen. Bob is one of the five cats that takes care of the warehouse.
Bob Cat posed perfectly for me one day when I was there with my camera. He’s a very handsome cat….and I think he knows it.
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, cat, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on December 26, 2011| 1 Comment »
I painted the largest pet portrait that I have ever done this holiday season. A client commissioned me to paint the nine pets that had belonged to his wife in her lifetime from the very first pup to the big golden retriever they now have. It was quite an undertaking.
I started with a rough sketch. This was the hardest part of the process…deciding how to layout the painting in order to get every animal to appear in a way to show their unique beauty,
Then each animal was roughed in with color. And finally I went back to each animal and completed details and added the back ground that you see in the finished version in the photo above.
I got a nice message yesterday from the client. He said his wife loved it! Whew! So glad to hear it.
Here is how it looks hanging in its new home…
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, cat, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Virginia Artist on July 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Benny and Dewey, acrylic on canvas panel, 11″x14″. Commissioned as a wedding gift. Presented this weekend and the bride and groom loved it.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, cat, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Virginia Artist on July 20, 2011| 1 Comment »
Coloring Book Cats and Coloring Book Dogs, acrylic on canvas, measuring 30″x20″ each. These are on display at the Blue Ridge Arts Council for “Big Art in a Small Town”.
I saw a kid coloring in a coloring book at a doctor’s office recently and thought, “What fun!” I haven’t colored outside the lines in years so I came home and “colored”. And it was fun!!!
Posted in daily painter, Pet Portaits, tagged cat, commission, daily painter, daily painting, Landscape, Virginia Artist, watercolor on December 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Heidi is a watercolor measuring 11″x14″. She belongs to a friend in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and was commissioned by the daughter as a gift for Christmas.
Posted in Crochet, tagged bear, bunny, cat, Crochet, daily painter, dinosaur, dog, giraffe, kitty, monkey, puppy, rabbit, toy, toys, Virginia Artist on October 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I love to crochet, especially in the fall and winter when the weather turns cool. It always reminds me of my grandmothers (Granny and Big Mama) who both crocheted and who taught me how.
I have been working on a line of toys for the shop and they are turning out so cute.
A puppy, a monkey, and a kitty…
A bunny, a bear, a dinosaur….
A better view of the dinosaur and a giraffe.
Several sold at the festival on Saturday but they are so much fun to make I’ll get busy and see what else I can come up with soon. 🙂
The Studio 