This pet portrait of Cooper only took a mere 365 days to finish! Last year I traded with Susan Hinckley at the One of a Kind Show. I received a beautiful hand stitched wall piece titled "Let It Go"....in return I agreed to do a pet portrait of her dog Cooper. And true to form, being the ultimate procrastinator I finished, varnished and framed it on Saturday night just in time for them to take back home to Minnesota (and I did it exhausted after 3 days of the show and wanting to do nothing more than recline on the sofa all evening). She and Russ were very pleased with the outcome..and so was I, this is such a fun composition. For inquiring minds, "Special Agent Dale Cooper" hearkens back to the television series Twin Peaks. Happy Susan...
Tomorrow...more photos from the show...
anne
Goodies...Holiday Cards
Events, Shows & Ar...CommentCANINE HOLIDAY CARDSHOP:
I will have mixed card sets available in my Booth #3803. Any cards purchased on line are only available in single image packs.
Limited formats & sizes, contact me if you would like more choices!
Crazy Smiling Dog + Free Shipping on Etsy!
Events, Shows & Ar...CommentWe've all met a Crazy Smiling Black Dog at one time or another! This is one of my best selling Prints. It's inspired by Sidnee, a very silly Black Lab and member of my host farm family for 2 different years at theFields Project. This Ready to Hang Print would make a fabulous gift, and you can't go wrong with my new Free Shipping offer! ***Free Shipping on everything in my Etsy Shop through December 31st***
Open Studio Preview...a day late!
Events, Shows & Ar...CommentThe Open Studio Sale was a great success and lots of fun. I think I'm going to take advantage of all my hard work setting it up and have a few Open Studio days in November as well. My next show out of the studio is the One of a Kind Show & Sale December 4-7. I will dismantle a few things so I can continue to work but for the most part things can remain set-up, and it's so nice to work in a tidy environment!
More Canine Playtime...
New Work3 CommentsShy Muse...my little Alice.
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Debuting My Art on the North Shore...
Events, Shows & Ar...CommentHelping out the Border Collies...
Design & Illustration, Helping out our 4 Legg...2 CommentsI came up with this t-shirt design for
Great Lakes Border Collie Rescue
today...I hope they like it..I planned to go in a completely different direction but this is what my imagination served up this afternoon... I think it would be great on a shirt. I am so glad to be crossing some of these things off my 'to do' list...Now there are no more excuses for me to not go down and paint tomorrow! The danger of having the painting studio and office separate: I can't just get up and saunter over to the easel to paint on a whim like I used to...of course on the flip side when I'm down there painting it's completely uninterrupted, aside from silly
demanding some play time every now & then...and once in a great while
checking in...my poor old girl is really slowing down.
Lost in Translation...German Pet Portrait Press!
Press & Published ...2 Comments 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...!