Top Ten...
Moira McLaughlin, of Dog Art Today, named my blog one of the Top Ten Dog Art Blogs for Blogs.com. It was an unexpected lovely surprise to be included with these other wonderful bloggers and dog lovers.
More Pet Portrait Reveals...a Yorkie & a Toy Poodle
Butter & Joey...another batch from my Holiday Pet Portrait orders. These two are new breeds for me, Butter is a Toy Poodle and Joey a Yorkie. Really sweet dogs..they live in the neighborhood and came to my studio for a photo shoot before I started working on the portraits.
Dog flys out of kiln in one piece...
Well Snick made it out of the kiln in one piece! I just glazed him...and the dog below which has been sitting on my shelf since the last session. And I put square wheels on a truck which I forgot to photograph..so stay tuned. 
I don't think I mentioned that our Lill Street class is now called "dreams, myths & totems in clay" or is it pillars? Corinne Peterson,our teacher makes very impressive large totems that are in corporatecollections and in many public art displays so she is sharing hertechniques in the class. I just don't think I could commit to somethingthat big with a material so fragile..and me so careless. But there areother women in the class taking the totem theme and running with it. Afew photos are below.
Here's Mary working on a beautiful bird sculpture...(she also has a large totem in the works): 
Natalie's wonderful wall piece, love the stones and the trees:
And Haleh's impressive wall totem...she is much more ambitious than I could ever be with clay.
Painting Raffle for Chicago Canine Rescue
Orange Smiling Pup © 2009 13x14 Acrylic on Wood Cabinet Door. Retail Value: $300
I started a raffle for this painting last Saturday at the Chicago Canine Rescue Adoption Event, $1 per ticket or 6 tickets for $5. Several of you have asked how you can purchase tickets. I think the best way to do it is for you to donate money directly to Chicago Canine Rescue via this secure CCR Donation Site, then forward me an email with your donation amount and I will put the appropriate number of tickets for you into the Raffle Jar. I will do the drawing for the painting on Saturday, March 20th and announce the winner on my blog and on my Facebook Fan Page.
Will you be mine?
We had 5 adorable Spaniel mix puppies here on Saturday for our event with Chicago Canine Rescue, all from the same litter. They are still too young to be adopted but you can see each one on the Chicago Canine Rescue site and contact them if you would like to adopt! We had lots of people come in (and a few dogs) so it was good socialization for them and they sure loved to be held and cuddled. It was a fun afternoon and the volunteers were wonderful as usual! PS I'm still selling raffle tickets for the painting in the photo above...all proceeds go to CCR.
That's her new friend L.B. "Little Boy" a stray taken in by my friends Mark & Johanna. His name is still to be determined but I kind of like L.B. or Elbee!
Random shots from the last two weeks...the bottom one is 3x6 foot commission...it gets it's own post next week...when it's finished! Hope you have a great weekend...Sweet Adoption Event with CCR Next Week...
Our first Adoption Event of 2010 is next weekend, bring your Valentine and your friends to meet PUPPIES available for adoption from Chicago CanineRescue. Join us on the 13th for Sweet Treats, a Raffle for Art andGifts and 20% off anything in the shop that has RED or PINK in it!
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