I’ve been puttering around in the studio, working on this and that, enjoying a little time to work on my own ideas while the next couple of commissions make some…
Like most of us, I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. While it has always been obvious that the user is the product on a free social media platform, Zuckerberg’s…
I was talking with another artist recently about artist statements; why we do the work we do, and how we articulate the reasons why we do the work we do.…
After having my work hung at Christopher’s in Cambridge, I was contacted by a local veterinary clinic interested in exhibiting my dog paintings on a rotating basis. They were fairly…
Furbo is done. It’s a departure from my usual composition, but I do like how his personality is captured, here. I am always grateful for commissions where the humans’ vision…
Whoopsiedaisy – I’ve been forgetting to post updates on Furbo’s progress. I’ve spent the morning working on hair brush strokes; the interplay of hair growth direction and the shadows it…
Some dogs I like better than others. Beagles definitely fall into the ‘better’ category. They’re funny little dogs, with their quirky little habits and insistence on doing them. Furbo’s humans…
She said that they had the perfect wall to hang this painting. His mom (I never know what to call the people who share their lives with dogs. They’re not…
I’ve been avoiding the studio (or, going to the studio but not really accomplishing anything). I have this commission that must be finished tonight so that I can hang it…
A bit of a departure from my usual type of subject, but her expression made me laugh. Sometimes with commissions, it takes a while to find (or take) just the…
