Thursday, January 24, 2013

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.