Harry II (with tulips)....

Here is an oil painting I recently completed. The subject is my sister's dog named Harry, sitting in his yard. My sis is a big tulip fan, and now she can stop asking me when I'm going to paint Harry's portrait for her. The size of the original is 11 x 14, and I intend to frame it soon. As usual, the image here has been resized / adjusted for uploading.

This quote is really from almost 150 years ago....

"If I did not so delight in the grand pictures that are spread before me every day of my life by that monarch of all the old masters, Nature, I should come to believe, sometimes, that I had in me no appreciation of the beautiful, whatsoever."
-- Mark Twain, from "The Innocents Abroad, or, The New Pilgrims' Progress; Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, As They Appeared to the Author" (1869)

Second half of enlargement project...

Here's the second half of my experiment based on some 6 x 6 paintings I recently completed on boards supplied by the Animal Rescue League (they went to good homes). As noted in my last post, I had studied the subjects for so long, the images were rather tattoo-ed on my brain. And because they were images of especially loved pets, I decided to use that experience of creating small images as studies for making larger 8 x 10 versions on canvas for my own enjoyment. Here is the second of two -- it was nice to be able to include a bit more detail in a larger size, but it's really a labor of love more than anything else. As usual, the image here has been resized / adjusted for uploading.
I have many new paintings planned. Next may be my sister's dog (which I owe her for her birthday, which was a couple of weeks ago!)

An 8 x 10 of a 6 x 6 ....

Here's an experiment: I recently did some 6 x 6 paintings on boards supplied by the Animal Rescue League. They went to good homes. I had studied the subjects for so long, the images were rather tattoo-ed on my brain. And because they were images of especially loved pets, I decided to use that experience of creating small images as studies for making larger 8 x 10 versions on canvas for my own enjoyment. Here is the first of two -- it was nice to be able to include a bit more detail in a larger size, but it's really a labor of love more than anything else. As usual, the image here has been resized / adjusted for uploading.
I am happy to have work exhibited at the Fells here in New Hampshire this summer (the show is called "The Art of Nature in New Hampshire and Vermont").
I'm also looking forward to maybe seeing the rarely exhibited Monet that is currently on display at the Currier.

Second half of a project for a good cause

Here's the second half of my project, which is to produce four paintings that will be used to raise funds for a local animal rescue league. As I noted when I previously posted the first two paintings (below, of a yellow rose and my sister's cat named Meowy), I prefer canvas, but the league required the work be done on 6 x 6 inch masonite boards. They asked the work not be framed, which concerns me because I don't use varnish and would like to avoid surface damage, but I'm just going to attach a note to them about that and am not going to worry about it. Again, these posted images have had the size and quality adjusted for uploading purposes.

These two paintings are of my cat named Riley, and my sister's dog named Harry. As usual, these posted images have had the size and quality adjusted for uploading purposes.

Masonite, not canvas -- but for a good cause...

 

Here's the first half of my project, which is to produce four paintings that will be used to raise funds for a local animal rescue league. I prefer canvas, but the league required the work be done on 6 x 6 inch masonite boards. They asked the work not be framed, which concerns me because I don't use varnish and would like to avoid surface damage. I hope to post the other 2 paintings in the next month or so....These two are of a yellow rose from my sister's garden, and her cat named Meowy. As usual, these posted images have had the size and quality adjusted for uploading purposes.
I am planning the next two images to be of my sister's dog named Harry and my cat named Riley.
I have also had a painting accepted into a juried exhibit to benefit a local amateur community theatre. I am happy and excited about that.

A friend's friends: a tiny horse, a human

Last winter I completed several portraits of a samoyed that belonged to a friend of one of my horse's vets. I was told he doesn't like pictures of himself, so I just finished one for her, not him, in which he's included (of course, with the dog). It's an 8 x 10 oil. I also painted a tiny, 5 x 7, portrait of her horse. I meant to do this a long time ago (adapted from her thumbnail Facebook photo), but other matters interrupted. I plan to surprise her with these, maybe in the Spring, when she vaccinates my horse. As usual, the size and quality of the two photos of these paintings were adjusted for uploading purposes.