Rescue Story: The August Kitten
In the middle of the night during a July thunderstorm many years ago a couple awoke to hear what sounded
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Commissioned Portraits: Pearle and Belle, Finished
Pearle’s portrait is finally completed, and I have both her portrait and that of her predecessor Belle here for a
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A Great Rescue and Commissioned Portrait: 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: General Keisha
My current portrait is a dilute calico named Keisha, or more properly “General” Keisha, who managed a large household of
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Commissioned Portrait: Beloved Mollie, and Her Rescue Story
Molly has a really sweet expression, splashes all over her nose and chin, an orange eyebrow and a little black
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Commissioned Portraits: Pearle, and Belle
Meet Pearle, a sweet and very loved Bichon Frisé, the subject of one of my current portraits in progress. It
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Mother’s and Father’s Day Portrait and Gift Specials
In everyone’s life is at least one special person who shared a love of animals, and in that person’s life
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Commissioned Portraits: A Quartet of Sketches
I had a wonderful little “family of pets” commission last year: a series of four small charcoal/pencil sketches of three
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Commissioned Portraits: Chief Smithers, and Mr. Peterson
I recently received an email about a commissioned portrait from a name I recognized from years before. Back in 2001
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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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