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.

Lisa's Gizmo: "Surf Life"

Here is a recently finished portrait of Gizmo, a Pekingese dog that belongs to my sister's friend Lisa. It is an 11 x 14 inch oil painting. This posted image has had the size and quality adjusted for uploading purposes. It's called "Surf Life" because Gizmo wears a shirt that says that while she's floating on a raft in her pool.

Second of two....

Here's the second of two large still lifes (16 x 20 inches) of flowers from my sister's garden in a red glass vase (found for free at the dump). Time to call it done because I need to move on to the next (an 11 x 14 pet portrait for my sister's friend, which I hope to be able to work on sometime between now and Christmas....)

Largest size so far.....

This is the first of 2 still lifes that are the largest size canvases I've painted so far. They are each 16 x 20 inches. Both are arrangements of flowers from my sister's garden in a red glass vase I got for free (at the dump). I haven't finished the second painting yet, but it has some different flowers in it than this one.
Once again I resized the image and adjusted the quality for upload purposes.

Flowers IX: Deb's Chrysanthemums with Raindrops

Time to call this painting done....It's an 8 x 10 oil. Of course, I had to resize / adjust quality for upload.

Most recent Plum Island painting (sketchy)...

Here's my most recent oil painting of a Plum Island scene. It's 11 x 14 inches. I'm calling it finished because I need to move on to the next (probably my sister's chrysanthemums after the rain). It's kind of sketchy compared to a lot of my other finished stuff. Of course, the image size / quality has been adjusted for quick upload.

A loved dog

This was a winter oil painting project to create a portrait of the beloved pet of a vet's good friend. I enjoyed the opportunity to paint in whites (the dog was a samoyed), reading tones and color into the shadows to create texture. Also, I painted an interior scene, which is not something I've been inclined to do until now. Later this year I might make an image that includes a human being! Three of the portraits measure 11 x 14 inches; the interior with the dog resting under the piano measures 9 x 12 inches.