I had prints made of my dogwood drawing! I watercolored this one and got it framed up as a gift. Turned out pretty cute!
Props!
Using props in pet portraits really let more personality show! I hope i get more commissions with props.
The Done Department!
Look at these great scans! Having nice images for my website is the ultimate luxury.
For all my printing needs I go to The Done Dept. on Hampton Ave. in St. Louis. My girl, Cat, always does a quick and speedy job scanning and making prints for my clients. I wish I could get scans of every painting, because they just look SO MUCH better than the iPhone snap shots I usually take!
Gemma and Lewis
A client commissioned these little cuties for a Christmas Gift. I hope their mom is surprised!
All framed up.
A client sent me these photos yesterday. It's so nice to see my little forest park lunch time plein air paintings all framed up!
Cabin!
More Christmas commissions! Here's a little cabin I finished this weekend. My client's inlaws own this adorable cabin in Innsbrook, MO. It's being sold this year, so she thought a picture would make a nice gift. She loved it so much she decided to order three prints! I love getting that kind of reaction.
Dottie!
Its not secret I have the most love for old dogs. Their grey faces melt my heart. This lady is named Dottie, after the little black Dot on the top of her head. She was rescued about 2 years ago and has been the center of her dad's life since then.
Tuck!
This guy was tricky. He's a gift and the person who commissioned me didn't have a ton of great photos. I knew he was a Wheaten mix, so I used the body of another dog photo I googled and superimposed his face on it. He turned out pretty cute! I have a ton more dogs to get finished before Christmas so I will be one busy painter.
Sumo!
What a cute name for a little shortie!
Nyquist!
A name shared by the 2016 Kentucky derby winner, by a cat! What a cool dude. I'll be busy with commissions until after Christmas, for sure!
Norm!
Look at this little cutie that I got to paint this weekend! Buckling down on getting my waiting list finished before Christmas. I'll probably be working on two per week until the weekend before Christmas.
Eastern Bluebird
The eastern bluebird is the MO state bird. My grandmother really liked them. They aren't common on the eastern side of Missouri, they usually hang around the KC side, but in the fall we see more over here in STL.
Rascal
I was commissioned to paint a picture of a beloved doggie named Rascal. This reference photo couldn't be cuter, he's wet, and tired, and so proud of his tennis ball. You can just see what a fun time he's been having on that beach.
Pitbulls are a tricker dog for me, as they don't have a lot of fur. Also, black dogs are hard to show definition with. I tried something new and painted Rascal blue first so you could see him shining in the sunlight, and I think it was a good solution. It was also a challenge to paint a wet dog but I think he turned out pretty darn cute!
Good boy!
Rascal the big blue ox
Tennis ball lover
Who wouldnt love this face??
Made the paper!
Its always nice to get some press. The Edwardsville Art Center did this nice write up about the Plein Air exhibition I am in. Check it out!
Dog time
I painted this little guy named "Stray" last night. I loved his bat ears!
Oh hi, tree again.
I finally took some risks and added some darker shadows in this sketch and I'm really feeling how they turned out!
Saturday night puppy portrait
I donated one custom pet portrait for a fundraiser for a local rescue group, Stray Rescue. The winner commissioned me to paint her lab/pit mix, Dolly. Named after the one and only Dolly Parton! I loved her extra because of this!
Show next week!
Four of my paintings were accepted into a show which opens next week! here's some info!
Hope you all can make it!
Plein auto painting
I guess when it rains, you paint in your car!
Today I painted the ground.
It's 86 degrees here in St. Louis today, and not feeling very fall like. But the leaves are coming down, decorating the hiking trail.
