Lucky, a dog well named

I received a call from a gentleman that had seen me at Tamarack and wanted a picture of his dog painted for his wife for Christmas.  I did the painting and sent it off.  A few weeks later he called to tell me he had received the painting and was so pleased.  He also told me the story of how Lucky came to be their dog.  She followed him home from work several times and so he began feeding her and took her to the vet because she was malnurished.  The vet informed him that she had been shot several times and least one of those times was with a shotgun.  Needless to say she is a lucky dog to have a human that cares about her.

Kiah

This is Kiah.  I received a call from Erin whom I have done other work for in the past.  Kiah belonged to her dad and was hit by a car some time before Christmas.  He was having a hard time with it and so Erin wanted a painting of his dog done for Christmas.  This was a bit of a challenge with the snow on the face and the situation for the painting.  Erin said they were pleased.

Maggie

Meet Maggie.  She is a 17 year companion of Chet from North Carolina.  This painting was commissioned for a Christmas present to the family.  Chet sent me a picture of the painting framed hanging on a wall which she also shares with her predecssors.  She is a cherished pet.

Silver Belle

For my cat lover friends.

Penelope Pig

                            
                                 18 x 24 pastel on sanded paper       

Penelope was also completed the weekend I spent at Tamarack.  People are totally engrossed in watching as you paint animals.  I find that domestic farm animals are as important and someone cat or dog.  Each year I demonstrate for the Greenbrier Valley Theatre Art Auction and the folks look forward to seeing me do a colorful rooster.         

Liberty

 



I spent the weekend before Thanksgiving demonstrating at Tamarack.  This was my first painting for the weekend.  A couple from Canada insisted on purchasing the painting and taking it with you.  Normally, I like to take my paintings home to prepare them for framing, but they were so intent on having the painting I had to let it go.  A young girl that had observed me painting the picture said "that looks like my dog Liberty", hence the name.