Commissioned Portraits: Buddy and Tibbie, Related Through Time
In the early 90s I painted a portrait of an 18-year-old Himalayan cat with an attitude, Tibbie, below, and in
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Featured Artwork: Peaches and Peonies
Today is officially Peaches’ birthday, and while she appears in dozens of sketches and hundreds of photos, this is the
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Commissioned Portrait: Clifford
This simple portrait was a gift from one friend to another of her dog, Clifford. One of the rare portraits
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Commissioned Portrait: Veronica’s Tulips
I’ve referenced this painting a few other times in posts about commissioned portraits around Mother’s Day, and while it may
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Mother’s and Father’s Day Specials
Did your parents pass on to you a love of animals? Did they decide one day you needed an animal
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A Very Special Mother’s Day in 2006
Several years ago, a couple who had each had me paint portraits of their cats Dusty and DeVille as gifts
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Featured Artwork: A Bird’s Nest!
What?! It’s been cats, cats, cats, a few dogs, dogs dogs, and now a bird’s nest? Well, I do maintain
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Commissioned Portrait: Hobbes
Hobbes’s portrait was a gift commissioned by a prior customer for her sister, who had recently had Hobbes put to
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Welcome “Spring” With a Unique Commission
Years ago a patron of a gallery in Carnegie where I hung my artwork asked me to paint four images
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Commissioned Portraits: How I Actually Put One Together
I’ve discussed plenty of portraits here but for the most part you’ve only seen finished works, and not seen how
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