I feel like this is my Madonna and Child of dog paintings. This was one of those commissions in which we were both in immediate agreement of which photo to use. With “adopt, don’t shop” as the battle cry of mixed-breed and rescue homes, this image offers a peek into the whelping box of aContinue reading “Baby Filia (30 x 48″)”
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Snuggled
April 19: I got a little lost on details (as usual), and started playing with things I’d already finished. I have pearlescent ink which I wanted to try on the pearls… but that didn’t really go as planned! But it’s now completed and waiting to dry a little before transporting it to NJ. March 26:Continue reading “Snuggled”
The Merrimack 4 (60 x 36″)
Feb 19, 2021: Completed I wasn’t satisfied with this until the last day I had to work on it. I kept waiting for it to pull together, but every night I would dab and get distracted and dab a little more. One night I went to the studio and spent the entire evening avoiding theContinue reading “The Merrimack 4 (60 x 36″)”
Home at Last
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 parents, but they’re not owners. “Guardian” is so proper, and “companion” is so contrived. OK, so his mom) wanted to have it before Thanksgiving, asContinue reading “Home at Last”
Clay and the Swissy Snooze
Christopher’s on Mass Ave in Cambridge is one of my favorite restaurants; not just because the food is always local and great, but because the artwork they exhibit on the walls is always local and great. So, I was happy to have my work among those accepted for a 6-week stint, there. I needed toContinue reading “Clay and the Swissy Snooze”
Rupert, done
When a dog tucks a front paw under his/her chest, it indicates comfort; but crossing the front paws is pure contentment. Not all dogs cross their paws when they’re happy, but I’m fortunate to have one that does. I have a gajillion pictures of Rupert, but knew that this (taken about a year ago) would be theContinue reading “Rupert, done”
Rupert, in process
I’ve painted about eight Swissies, and I think a lot of people assume that they are all my own dog, Rupert. I had been meaning to paint him, but I just never knew which image of him to paint — until I took this picture. It’s nothing special, really. Just a dog laying on the studio floor,Continue reading “Rupert, in process”
Osa begun
Osa in Sheets (40 x 30″) will differ from my usual process in a couple of ways: first, because the dog is covered in sheets, she must be painted first; and second, I am going to try to morph some of these folds into an unfinished dry-brush technique as I work out toward the edges.Continue reading “Osa begun”
Obi (detail)
I’ve been working on Obi for a while. There have been times when things did not go as planned and I felt like I would never finish. Things I have painted well many times in the past suddenly just would not come out right. But onward we plod and work through it. And sometimes thingsContinue reading “Obi (detail)”
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