Featured Artwork: Portrait of Marley and Boo
This is Wednesday’s “Featured Artwork” post on Thursday. I had a new portrait (2025) to share but somehow I lost
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pet portrait
Commissioned Portrait: Five Cats By the Window
I visited one of my longtime art customers, and one of the first good cat rescuers I met back in
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Commissioned Portrait: Scout
Scout’s portrait is a very early one, from 1994. She was a pedigreed Persian cat, one of the original three
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Commissioned Portrait: Sky
I really enjoyed painting all that fur. I didn’t know too much about Australian Shepherds at the time—to me, Sky
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Commissioned Portrait: Buddy, Gus, Boris and Tina
The daily photo of Sienna supurrvising me in an illustration contained the illustration itself, a new book cover for Patricia
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Commissioned Portrait: Uncle Benton and Eno
Uncle Benton, longtime college professor and lover of eclectic music, and his cat, Eno, named for Brian Eno and his
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What’s on My Easel: Amy
A good start on my next commissioned portrait, “Amy”, former feral mom cat happy in her forever rescue home. This
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Commissioned Portrait: Allie and Abbie
“This is the little girl who just loves her cat. The family already had a dog, but it was too
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Commissioned Portraits: Starting Over, Early Lessons in Working With Photos
“These three were littermates, and were rarely seen far from each other. My customer had commissioned it as a gift
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Commissioned Portraits: Mulder, Scully and Casey
We all know what TV show these three were named for! Popular back in 2000 when I painted this portrait.
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