I’m happy to present my 2018 Christmas Card, “A Very Fizzy Christmas”. I have Lisa Seltmann to thank for the reference photo she took of Fizz last year during the Holidays. This is the second of Lisa’s dogs to appear on my Christmas Card. She also has Twist… the star of “Tree With A Twist”. … [Read more…]
The 2019 Calendars are here! This is my seventh year offering these little calendars featuring my art. This year I’m offering two different calendars. The first is the annual Dogs of WAG (Western Agility Group) and includes most agility trial dates at WAG throughout the year. The second features Puppies! Calendars measure 4.5″ x 5.5″ … [Read more…]
The 2018 Calendars have arrived along with my new 2017 Christmas cards. This is the sixth annual calendar featuring Dogs from WAG (Western Agility Group). Calendars measure 4.5″ x 5.5″ and cost $10, plus shipping. Please choose the option of including dates of agility trials at WAG, or without dates. Also available is my new … [Read more…]
A big surprise at the 2017 Art of the Horse, Horse Expo art show. They opened the show up to dogs and other western art, so I thought what the heck. “Pleez” did well in some prior shows, winning “Excellence of Show” in the Sacramento Fine Arts Animal Art Show two years ago and a … [Read more…]
Hot off the press!! My fifth annual 2017 Calendar featuring the Dogs from WAG (Western Agility Group). Sometime in 2010, I thought it might be fun to paint a few pet portraits. I had taken art classes and workshops and painted my own dog, Jasmine, many times. I asked Susan Rappillus, one of the owners … [Read more…]
Happy Holidays! I have been so busy creating Christmas commissions that I never found time to send out Christmas cards. But… today is Christmas and I didn’t want it to get by without sharing my Xmas card for this year. Kona Bella is my brother Joe’s newest family addition. His dream dog has always been … [Read more…]
A couple months ago I painted Sierra at nine weeks old. I call the painting “Puppy Power” and it can be seen in an earlier post on this blog. Since then I decided to take some time and paint my other girl at the same age so I would have a matching set of my … [Read more…]
The 2014 Calendars featuring dogs from WAG has arrived. This is my second annual calendar containing paintings that I have done throughout 2013 of dogs from Western Agility Group (WAG), which is where Jasmine, Sierra and I train and compete in the sport of dog agility. I am grateful to all the WAG folks who … [Read more…]
In my continued attempt to update my blog with some of the paintings I have completed in the past few months… this is a commission from last February of Kermit, owned by Dorris Wiglesworth. Dorris asked me to paint Kermit as a surprise birthday gift for her husband. She told me that the surprise was … [Read more…]
One of my favorite people in this world is Walt Nagle. When I was 12 years old, a little red dog came in to my life. I named her Shannon. She became my best friend for 18 years. Shortly after Shannon showed up as a stray, I discovered Mission City Dog Training at the neighborhood … [Read more…]