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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pet portrait
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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Commissioned Portraits: Star and Pepe, and Their House, in Autumn
This couple had decided they wanted two pieces of artwork done at the same time so they could hang them
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Commissioned Portrait: Baldie
Baldie was among my first year’s portraits back in 1992-1993. I met his people at a cat show, the second
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A Great Rescue and Commissioned Portrait, and a Little Bit of Otherworldly Magic: I’ll Be Seeing You
CAN THE SUBJECT of a painting communicate through his image? One of the dearest stories from any of my portraits
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Commissioned Portrait: Franklin, First Draft
Meet Franklin, the subject of my next portrait. He’s an older boy, 15 years to be exact, and a nice
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Commissioned Portrait Trio: Lucy, Ethel and Bubba
Meet Lucy, Ethel and…Bubba! Yes, that’s right. I just finished this trio of portraits of three rescued shelter cats adopted
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Commissioned Portrait Finished: Stained Glass Feline Family
The last step of my latest commissioned portrait—adding the “leading” in the “stained glass window”. When I finished adding
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