Wells Street Wrap Up Part II
If you've ever chatted with me at a show, chances are I told you all about my dogs and their influence on my art. So I was a little nervous about retaining my composure, since this was myfirst art fair since losing Izzy, and I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. As luck would have it, the Greyhounds Only rescue group were set up across from my booth at the Wells Street Show. They created a beautiful diversion, and also inspired me all weekend long. I did several drawings of them and in the midst of sharing with people about Izzy, did my first 'patron saint of' / post-pumpkin sketches.
Wells Street Wrap Up Part I
Happy new collectors at the Wells Street Art Fair: The Mickelson's with one of my newest paintings "Outbound to O'Hare"...
My booth was very blue and green this time around especially with my new work. All my 'pink' paintings are hanging at the Poison Cup through the end of June.
It's always interesting to see that many people who are attracted to my work wear the colors of my palette...
Stay tuned for Part II tomorrow...'the Greyhounds'.
You are invited...
You Are Invited to the THE POISON CUP WINE & ART BOUTIQUE for an Art Reception for AnneLeuck Feldhaus this Friday, June 18th from 5-8pm at 1128 West Armitage inChicago. In keepingwith the spirit of my work, The Poison Cup will be serving "Critter Wines" toinclude: GioCaTo Pinot Grigio and Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc! Come out andsee some of my most recent paintings, explore the incredible selection ofwines, and toast the upcoming Summer Solstice and Dog Days of Summer...
p.s.Your four legged friends are welcome too!
Yellow Dog + Swirly Sky Finds a new home...
A bit behind on my blog posts these days, well a bit behind on everything, I guess. Adjusting to new realities which I will address next week. This is a happy new collector with her friend, from the Broadripple Art Fair in Indianapolis last month. I tried out a new booth configuration there...really only moving a wall a few feet, but it completely changes the space that I occupy in the booth, the key here being that I am visibly 'in' the booth not sitting behind the wall.
I like it and am looking forward to trying it again at this weekend's Wells Street Art Festival here in Chicago, from 10am-dusk Saturday & Sunday:
Wishing you all a beautiful and joyful weekend!
Bike the Drive...2010
At 6am Sunday morning (before we even knew what the next 48 hours with Izzy would bring) we did Bike the Drive for the 3rd? time...but a first with the tandem and a bike that had more than one speed so I feel like we cheated a little. ; ) Round trip from our home and back with google maps: 40 miles. 
The most entertaining part of the morning was meeting the couple above (Jacob and Kate?) on another Schwinn Twinn...their's fully authentic complete with the originals seats and fenders...and much prettier, but they coveted our basket and Rich's custom rear light job. I was especially impressed when I found out he had just purchased it the day before, she told him the the only way she would do the ride was if he had a tandem, enter Craigslist voila...! 
Saying goodbye to my sweet muse...
After almost 15 years with us, on Monday, we said goodbye to Izzy. It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make, but in the end it was a more peaceful parting than I could have imagined. Things have been going downhill very gradually over the last 2 years, Rich and I did as much as we could to keep Izzy comfortable. Early on we tried acupuncture and chiropractic kinesiology to help with her arthritis. We gave her 9 pills a day, 7 dispensed with peanut butter in a special method perfected by Rich. He cooked weekly in the crock pot for the girls over the last year, and we started using sign language with her as she lost her hearing. We often carried her down and sometimes up the stairs, took very slow labored walks which she still loved, especially to smell the earth and nature (Rich wrote a song about her years ago called "The Sniffer"). There was endless discussion between us about the consistency of her #2...which on a good day was something we termed 'turdular' and if she ate or what she ate. Through it all she taught us patience and compassion and made us better human beings. Since the day we adopted her in November of 1995 (from a vet office on North Avenue where she had been abandoned) she has brought more love to our lives and inspiration to my art work than I could have ever dreamed of. 
I'm so grateful to Rich for helping to take such great care of her and to Alice for always being our comic relief. And other folks helped us through these senior years: Ben King from Urban Tailz, who took such gentle care of Izzy and Alice whenever we had to go out of town, Kelly I was going to close with 'Rest in peace, Pumpkin...' but prefer to imagine her sailing through the air to catch frisbees in that big dog park in the sky...
Poem I wrote in 1999 written around the painting above:
"My Dog's name is Izzy and she's really neat, she chases frisbee and walks on four feet.
She chases squirrels, she chases cats, she even lives with two, how about that?
She loves me no matter what my mood, but she loves me most when I have food. "
She is the color of cinnamon and pumpkin pie...
I'm happy she's my dog and those are the reasons why! I love her so..."
Mutt Lynch Wine Label Contest...Vote #61
"Mixed Breeds", ©Anne Leuck Feldhaus
The Dog Art Today 2010 Mutt Lynch Winery Label Contest is underway and voting ends tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25th. I would love to have your vote for "Mixed Breeds" #61, the label is for a new red wine called "Muttitage". Be sure to scroll down and check out all 77 entries...and vote for your favorite!
The winning entry will be made
into a label for Mutt Lynch Winery's limited edition wine (only 500
bottles) that will
debut at the winery's Dog Days of Summer event on August 14, 2010. This
annual event includes wine tasting,
dog themed art, and vendor booths to benefit the San Francisco SPCA.
R.V. Dog & Art Lovers Night = Big Fun!
We didn't know what to expect for our first ever RVDALN, but it turned out to be a very fun night...lots of people came, several with their 4 legged friends and we collected quite a 'bounty' of supplies for the Chicago Canine Rescue Shelter. Our adorable Guest of Honor, Norton a 5 month old Bassett Hound mix, was not able to stay the whole evening but he made many friends while he was here and I'm confident he will be adopted very soon!
Norton: Follow the link for adoption info.
All the generous supply donations that came in from attendees for the Chicago Canine Rescue Shelter.
We also had complimentary human treats and a visit from the Pepperoni King! This man needs a crown!
Vail...that doggy in the window. 
A darling young lady doing her doggy impression.
Saying goodnight to Norton and Rachel, one of the wonderful volunteers from Chicago Canine Rescue.
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