I am happy to offer my first calendar featuring dogs from y favorite club, Western Agility Group… WAG… where Jasmine and I have run many fun agility courses, and Sierra is beginning her agility training. Located in Elk Grove, CA, WAG is host to agility trials of different venues throughout the year. It’s a wonderful … [Read more…]
I completed another commission portrait. This is Sadie Lynn, the Border Collie. She is from the same family as Achilles the Doxie. I really wish the images that I post were of the same quality as the original. The colors are close, but the softness of the velour paper never really pops in the digital … [Read more…]
It’s been awhile since I posted anything. Shamefully, when I’m in school it seems I never have time to paint. But schools out for Summer… and I’m back to digging in to my pastels. This is Achilles the Dachshund. This little guy was great fun to paint. I loved that blue eye… I believe my … [Read more…]
Siggi is another talented Sheltie who runs agility with Dave at WAG. Some of Siggi’s championship titles include N-ATCH, C-ATCH AND C-ATE, from two different agility venues. Quite and accomplishment for this gentleman… especially since he had to overcome some difficulties from his younger years. Siggi runs with a signature head tilt, but never lets … [Read more…]
Here is my latest commissioned portrait. This is Jag. He’s an awesome Australian Shepherd, owned by Justine, with some 14 championship titles in Agility. According to Justine, “His latest ones are C-ATE (almost to C-ATE2), ADCH, PDCH, NATCH#3 and versatility NATCH#3, Sach, jch, tm-bronze, c-Mex, bronze-sm, Mx and mxj. The bronze ones are USDAA and … [Read more…]
This is Nitro… asleep on his favorite pillow, which is located in the office at WAG (Western Agility Group) in Elk Grove, CA where he spends his time waiting for his turn to run in whatever agility trial he happens to be entered in. Nitro belongs to Susan Rappillus and has some impressive Agility titles, … [Read more…]
Magnum lived with us for 12 short years. We called him our Safeway Food Pointer. He was the most compassionate boy I had ever met, but yet he drove us nuts with his love for food. One of his favorite events was to go swimming in the lake and he always had a big, silly … [Read more…]
Fritz is a 12-year-old Sheltie belonging to Susan, from WAG (Western Agility Group) in Elk Grove, CA. This boy has more Agility Championship titles than I can list in one post. To mention a few: CATE, CATE-2, CS-ATE, CS-ATE 2, CATCH, NATCH 13, Vers-NATCH 8, MEDAL 3 and Vers – Medal, MACH, ADCH, ATCH, and … [Read more…]
I painted this portrait for Susan to give to her friend Sue as a birthday gift. I saw Sue yesterday at a dog agility competition and she had a big smile on her face. I also got to meet Kindle in the flesh. I had painted the portrait straight from photos that Susan provided. It … [Read more…]
This is a pastel painting on velour paper. The background is giving me grief…which happens to me with pretty much all my paintings, so I will be working more on that. I also have more work to do on the dog’s feet. And… of course, all the final tweaking!