Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged acrylic, Art Class, art lessons, daily painter, Dogs, Golden Retriever, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on June 26, 2012| 1 Comment »
This is Jacob. He is one of my private students. He’s 6.
A few weeks ago I asked him what he wanted to paint next and he said Buffy. Buffy is his old golden retriever. Buffy is almost twice as old as Jacob and you can tell he loves her.
So we painted Buffy. It took two lessons and he did a terrific job. I love helping young artists paint their pets.
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 Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Landscape, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on June 6, 2012| 1 Comment »
Lincoln and Dixie, acrylic on canvas, 14″x18″. Dixie is a dog in our neighborhood that loves to come visit us…usually without her parents permission. She is quite the escape artist. We welcome her visits as Lincoln loves her. You can read a little more about Dixie here.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, tagged daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, painting, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on May 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Dog Walker, oil on canvas panel, 14″x11″.
A few weeks ago while down at the river painting I turned around to look behind me and there was this gentleman walking his buddy. I had to take a photo quick before they were gone down the trail. I just love they look.
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, art lessons, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs on April 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago we had our Kid’s Pet Painting Workshop (See all about it here.) and Mara got away that day before I got a photo of the finished painting. Here it is. You did a great job Mara!
Posted in daily painter, tagged daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Plein Air, Rescue dogs, West Virginia on April 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Got to paint outdoors in this beautiful weather this weekend out at the cabin. I got a great start on a piece but when I got home yesterday and wanted to put finishing touches on it I realized that I had left it there. So maybe I can finish it up in a few weeks.
And this is what the helpers do while I paint. What would I do without them? 🙂
Posted in Dogs, tagged daily painter, Dogs, flowers, Rescue dogs on March 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Spring Jed
This time of the year I take loads of photos to use as reference for my paintings. Most serious artists have tons of photos to use throughout the year as they develop paintings.
And I can’t help but take photos of my kids too. It’s hard to get them to sit still usually, especially Lincoln. But this time a bird was tweeting in the tree and he was transfixed.
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, Art Class, daily painter, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Virginia Artist on March 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Dorothy working on Fiona
Kaylee painting Frisky
Mara painting Max
I captured a photo of Kaylee and Dorothy with their finished pet portraits from Saturday’s Pet Portrait Workshop. (See it below.) Mara got away before I could get her finished photo. I’ll try to get a photo of her with the finished Max to show you all. They all turned out great! You girls are terrific. Thanks for making Saturday so much fun!!!
Posted in Dogs, Travel, tagged Dogs, Rescue dogs, West Virginia on March 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I write a lot about Lincoln because he is usually misbehaving so I have more stories about his antics so I wanted to lead with Jed in this post. He’s a handsome guy and so good. He had fun at the cabin last weekend running and stretching and rolling in the grass.
Max came to visit so he chased Lincoln and gave him some really good exercise.
Max loves Lincoln and follows him everywhere. They are so cute playing.
It worried me when Max chased him around the pond because Lincoln can’t swim….legs too short to hold up that long body.
Max wore himself out running and playing but he couldn’t give it up. He would fall asleep with the ball still in his mouth. So funny!
And this is what my boys looked like after Max and his mom left to go home. Two tired pups!
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait, Rescue dogs, Rottweiler, Virginia Artist on February 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This is Cochise. He is a beautiful Rottweiler that I got to meet recently. I had actually met him and his sister, Cheyenne, as pups. But now that he is grown and well over 100 pounds he’s a lot of dog when he jumps up to hug you!
These beautiful babies belong to Betty and Steve who commissioned their paintings. You can see Cheyenne here.
The Studio 