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I'm interrupting this blog for a commercial break: For those of you on Facebook, I recently created an Anne Leuck Feldhaus Studio Fan Page. I'll be sharing updates and works in progress as well as offering Fan Specials from time to time...please follow the link if you are interested and feel free to share with anyone else you feel would enjoy my work. Thanks!

No Photoshop Required...

I know you all must think I'm over-obsessed with this sign thing - well there should be no need for me to mention it again because it is out of my studio, out of my garage, out of my truck and on the building!!

Pug Studies...

Yesterday I spent some time googling photos of PUGS and trying to draw them ...I've only met a few, so my Pug Sense is lacking. I used purplish/blue to mark the ones I thought most successful, yellow for the 2nd tier and turquoise for nice try, but not so great. I would love your feedback especially from you Pug owners! The thought behind this is to capture a new breed each week to add to my new Personalized Pet Portrait Print option Portfolio, these are beautiful ready to hang mounted and laminated box prints - complete with your pet's name on the banner and custom colors.

California Dogs

  I ran across these photos the other day, I hand painted this fiberglass chair for the opening of the Dogs Gallery in Westlake Village, CA back in 2003. Thought you might enjoy seeing some of my FUNctional Art! : )

This chair was also featured in the Italian Edition of Marie Claire Magazine in April 2006:

30 Miles, 70 SPF on 7/5/09

Rich & I did our little day trip to Indiana on Sunday...we biked the Calumet Trail which runs 18 miles roundtrip along the railroad tracks in blazing hot sun...so the other 11 miles were forays down tree shady roads trying to get over to the beach and lake, we did succeed. Please note the cooling tower in the background - I thought they only came in pairs...not pretty, but I like to paint them. That's Rich's shiny Workman's Bike...and a cool old VW Bus below.

 
The trail...

RIP Currents! no we did not swim : (  we had another 10 miles to ride.This was not the trail, just a lovely tree lined road we used to get to the beach.

 

There were beautiful cat tails all along the trail, and I saw 2 snakes! ack!

 

57 Ends

Brand new painting: "57 Ends". Inspired by a drawing in my sketchbook from last year done on a short little road trip to Indiana to pick up an amplifier that Rich found on Craigs List.

Good N Plenty Pups

Good N Plenty Pups. 18x18. Available for Purchase on Etsy - FREE SHIPPING in the US!

2 Months Later...the Sign is Finished!

I've had many distractions trying to finish this sign, among them 3 art fairs and a show. Also bought some time testing a board covered with my sealed paint swatches outside. The black and white seemed to be compromised so I had to go over everything with a latex exterior wood & metal paint. This was grueling work...I just hope it holds up to the elements after all of this! Hopefully I'll have it sealed and hung before Labor Day! : )

All 3 pieces end to end, they line up pretty well considering they were painted separately.

It's a rainy 4th of July here...I've been at the studio all day and Rich is busy building a cabinet to house his amplifiers &  mikes at his practice studio...tomorrow we have fun: heading to the Indiana Dunes to bike on some trails and it's supposed to be beautiful weather - I can't wait!