pet portraits

  For an excitable little dog, he’s been very patient. Watson joined our family in January 2015 and I’ve finally finished his portrait, which I started months ago… painting is my moonlighting job, so life often gets in the way! We adopted Watson from the local shelter where he had been surrendered by his owners just before Christmas. He was estimated to be about 11 months old. We figured we better not change his name, since he seemed to know … Read More

  March came ‘in like a lion’ where I live in SE Tennessee (with tornado warnings) and in many other parts of the country, so I’ll stick with that as the theme I had already chosen for this month’s features.  “Her Highness” was one of my first animal paintings, during what might be called my African wildlife phase. My wonderful friends Bill and Lois had been on safaris in Africa and came home with amazing photographs. They invited me to … Read More