Daily Sketch: Spring Morning
Such a lovely spring morning with sunlight so full of color. Mimi was feeling the weather and was everywhere—every windowsill,
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pastel painting
Commissioned Portrait: Milan and Felix
Milan and Felix spend some time together; yesterday we read their rescue story and today we study their portrait. Their
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A Great Rescue: Milan and Felix
TWO ADULT CATS who’d lost their people but found their way to the same rescuing household; we build our rescued
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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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Featured Artwork: Bison and Whooping Cranes and Polar Bears, Oh My!
Did you know this was National Wildlife Week? Now you do. Even though I began my art career sketching and
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March Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Are You Looking At Me?
As a cat lover and animal lover I always say I care more for what’s under the fur than the
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Commissioned Portrait: Little Gooney
Little Gooney was her name, and yes, she did have an attitude, perhaps because of her name. She was commissioned
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A Great Rescue and a Commissioned Portrait: Bandit Stole His Daddy’s Heart
SOMETIMES WE DON’T realize until years later that a series of odd circumstances has an intention beyond our control; often
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Commissioned Portrait: A Gift, Paige
Meet Paige, one of my Christmas portraits from 2014. Her portrait was commissioned as a gift, from a person for
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Commissioned Portrait: Sooty
I’ve always loved the way Sooty’s portrait looked, the horizontal layout and simple composition, clear and contrasting colors. In my
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