I’ve been very neglectful of my poor blog readers. I apologize. I’m still recovering from my neck surgery and that is going well. But I’ve developed some sort of rash (shingles I think?) on my left side which has made my life pretty miserable. It is finally fading and I have hope that I may… Continue reading Stuff in the background
I changed the display at the RAL Art Center on Main Street in Kilmarnock for my little space yesterday evening. I hope you can stop by and see it in person. I’m always amazed at what a difference a frame and good lighting and a new location does for a painting. It just seems to… Continue reading New Display
Busy week this week. I’m going to be hanging a display of the Animal Shelter Adoptable Pets Series this week at the RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock on Friday. I got all the little ones and the one big one varnished last week. Yesterday I popped all the little ones into frames. Today I’m going… Continue reading Kittens & Cats at RAL Art Center Friday
Just finished this one. I think. I might make an adjustment to the front paw if it still bothers me tomorrow. We are currently under a tornado watch and are waiting for the remains of Hurricane Michael to come barreling through. As of right now (2:25 pm) is has not started to rain, but… Continue reading Callee’s Kitten III: A Rescue
I started a new painting as part of the Rescue Series. This one is of a kitten that just loved playing with the fuzzy rope toy suspended in the play room. I took a bunch of photos of this little one but the photo with the blue green jingle ball in the corner captured my… Continue reading Playful Kitten Progress Shot
Samhain is our own cat. He was rescued as a kitten with his brother, Jack, from a dumpster behind the building where I used to work. They were both rescued on Halloween Day. Jack was a long-haired orange tabby who died about a year later having gotten into something toxic on his touring about our… Continue reading Samhain: A Rescue
I started this one on Wednesday. And finished it Thursday. My photo was less than stellar, but I really loved this little one’s black nose. This is another in the Animal Shelter Rescue Series. The shelter will receive 10% of all sales proceeds. Stage 1: Stage 2 and Finish:
I finished my second painting of Calle. There was something about the plaintiff look on her face… yes, I know I’m giving a cat human emotions, but she really needs to go to a new and loving home. Seeing this photo, I’m a bit bothered by the one grey whisker coming down over her mouth.… Continue reading Same Cat Different Pose
Just another beginning. I need to let the paint set up a bit before I proceed. I’ll put the reference photo next to the painting in it’s first stage. This is the same cat I did before, but a different pose. I just really like her expression in this one.
Here is the third in the Animal Shelter adoptable pets series: The glare is a little off putting and I will need to take a better photo in a few days when the shine dies down a little. Bebe is available for adoption at the Northumberland County Animal Shelter. I will donate 10% of sales… Continue reading Bebe: A Rescue
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