A recent peek at my sketch book.I incorporated studies of an adorable rescue named Damen for a Pet Portrait Order. (digitally enhanced in shades of gray)
painting
Lost in Translation...German Pet Portrait Press!
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I am represented by The Dogs-Gallery (Ihr Hund Als Kunstwerk) in Germany, they just sent me this press clipping from "location-magazin" of the WAZ in Essen. They also mentioned a new connection with a gallery in Berlin...so perhaps soon I'll be painting more European Pups...!
Chicago Dog Magazine Feature!
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I'm very excited to be a featured Pet Portrait Artist in the premiere issue of Chicago Dog Magazine! My paintings of Oliver, Scruffles and Nel were the editor's picks...this is Oliver's second feature in a national dog magazine, he was also my featurted portrait in Modern Dog Magazine.
Crunch Time...
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Picture 17
Phew...after we loaded the truck, I came in and finished 2 more paintings...this is a close up of a tiny portion of one of them. We hit the road tomorrow morning for the
this weekend in Kansas City. I've been in SUPER ANNE mode which is neccessary to produce my
before heading out of town and pull everything together for the first show of the season: (getting my booth display and equipment all back together, packing
paintings, figuring out what stays and what goes and how to hang it.
Making price tags, getting portfolios, credit card machine, receipt
books, mailing list, bags, weights, and my brand new front
for
my Tent....woo hoo: additional shade!).
It's almost a relief to just focus on one part of my business for a week....I've always felt that if I just chose one direction I could be really successful (and probably more sane) but for some reason I feel the need to be involved in all these different facets of art: the Art Fairs, Pet Portraits, Illustration, Licensing, Wholesale, my Design work for Animal Welfare Groups...did I forget anything? Some day I would love to have a business manager that facilitates all that 'stuff' so I could just do the creative part...know anyone like that?
Picture 20
Also edited and uploaded another video clip - this one is of me painting a recent pet portrait of Dudley & Murphy (above) for Stacy of ZuZuPetals. You can watch it on my Pet Portrait Blog.
It's actually easier to upload video to Blogger than to Typepad...go figure.