Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait on June 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ethan and Lincoln
Because of the really stormy weather we had yesterday I only had one young artist come to class yesterday. When this happens I let them choose what they want to paint from the paintings they may have missed in previous classes. Ethan chose to paint Lincoln. And what a great job you did Ethan! Wonderful. You can see what the other artists did with this painting last year by clicking here.
Posted in daily painter, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A few months ago, my friend Jen posted a picture of her sweet boy Jake with his new bed. I just loved it so I asked if I could paint it. Here is my version along with the original photo. The painting is acrylic on 12″x12″ canvas. I love working with unusual angles and compositions like this. I have painted Jake before with his sister Juneau. You can see that by clicking here. Thanks Jen for giving me such sweet subject matter to work with this week. (And this painting has sold! Yeah!)
Posted in Dogs, Sculpture, tagged daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, sculpting dog, sculpture, Virginia Artist on March 12, 2013| 1 Comment »
For several years now I have wanted to learn to sculpt. But I haven’t had any luck finding a class or instructor in my area so I just decided to give it a go myself. Last night while watching tv I started playing with this sculpting clay that I had and just kept working til this dog came out. 🙂 I think I would really like sculpting if I had the right materials. I am hoping to get some soon and try to do a few more pieces. I would really like to have some instruction and then I just want to play with it for a while. But for a first attempt I kind of like it!
Posted in Animals, Dogs, Pet Portaits, Small Town Life, tagged daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, Shenandoah Valley, snow dog, snow sculpture, Virginia Artist on March 7, 2013| 1 Comment »
Snow Dog
Mamie with Snow Dog
Well, we got a total of 15 inches of snow at our house yesterday. They were calling for 12-24 inches so I consider us lucky! They were so certain it would be a great deal of snow that we had both The Weather Channel and The Today Show’s Al Roker broadcasting from our little town of Front Royal, VA. 
Lincoln kissing Snow Dog’s nose
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Miss Mamie, Acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″.
Reference Photo for Mamie’s portrait
I just completed a portrait of Mamie to hang on the portrait wall with the paintings of other dogs that have lived at this house with me. Clockwise from top left you will see Eleanor Roosevelt (Rosie), Truman, Jefferson, Lincoln, Boo, and Jed Bartlett. Now Mamie Eisenhower can be added to the wall.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Coloring book, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Coloring Book Dogs
Several years ago I did this painting I call “Coloring Book Dogs” after I watched a kid at a doctors office coloring in a book there. He was not at all concerned about the lines as he gleefully put color on every item on the page. Each item was a different solid color with the color running outside the lines. That made me think, “Why don’t we all color outside the lines still? Why are we always so careful when we color/paint?” When I painted this piece with the dogs and a couple of others with other subjects (you can see them here) I had a great time. It was fun! So this year I am going to attempt to “color outside the lines a little more”. How about you?
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on January 2, 2013| 2 Comments »
This is Paisley. She is my niece, Lexie’s, dog although I suspect she is more her mom’s dog. I did a silhouette painting of her. Just a quick and fun format for pets like this. The canvas was 20″x30″ and I painted it in acrylic.
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 Art Class, Dogs, tagged Boston Terrier, pet portrait on October 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The kids class painted Gus yesterday in class. Gus belongs to Maggie’s (pictured in the middle) Aunt Courtney. He made a great subject for our painting. Thanks Maggie and Gus!
The Studio 