HOMEWARD BOUND

People of Philadelphia and its outlying regions!
Attend the event tomorrow, the opening of Homeward Bound at Grindcore House.
Ryann Casey has come up with a star-studded collection of artists who have donated work to support PAWS, the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society.

The piece which I created for the show is below - the US Postal Service decided that it should take a little detour en route to Philadelphia, so a print and the original will be on sale (once the latter arrives).

So many talented creatures are putting good work into this show, I am so sorry I won't be in Philly for this excellent show, so go and make your love for animal rescue and animal art be known!

A More Basic Little Portrait

I recently painted a tidy little petite portrait of this awesome pair of dogs.

Their personalities were just zipping out of the photo and right into my brain,

so I went with it and chose some non-local colors for the dogs.

From what I hear, these turned out to be the exact colors for their personalities,

so I suppose I'll be starting my work as a pet psychic as soon as I 

successfully grow my hair out to be as long as Quentin Crisp's 

to bring on the full effect that I'd be going for in that career path.

Mother's Day Approaches!

Get your orders in during the next two weeks to guarantee enough spots

 for portrait orders and delivery on time!

Guaranteed year after year to make parents cry 100% of the time.

Be the winner amongst siblings (except in comparison to that

cat who is as old as you are).  

Or pair up with sibs to share the gift and share the love!

French Bulldog! French Bulldog!

Oh man painting this handsome little guy was so much fun, I started

with a blue base for the entire portrait and laid dark browns and a bit

of black on top at the end.  

Work in Progress Pup

This is a dainty little goober that I have been painting this week - what a face on this guy!

A Memorial for Jem the Pug

I finally got to do a pug portrait (I can't believe I haven't had one to paint yet!)

and it was a memorial of this little bean, Jem!

Though memorials are always sad, I'm pleased that I had a chance to 

help his people remember him. 

Monochrome March Offer!

Take advantage of the Monochrome March offer today by

e-mailing me your order on or before March 24th, 2013!

Place your order as soon as you can, availability is limited.

A Memorial For Dina

Above is the portrait I did for an excellent animal lover, Hannah,

 in memoriam of her bun friend, Dina.

It was a lot of fun to paint her, especially with all her little 

hair details like the whiskers.

I got to start using a new fine lining brush and 

I'm happy with how that turned out.

Finally I am covering all animal companion varieties!   

First rabbit, hopefully not the last.

Farewell to a Viking

Lately...

Apologies for the Instagram photos - 

now we are back to proper scans after a brief hiatus!

Oh, Jacket

Look at those peepers on you!

En route to her parent now!

This handsome nugget was a lot of fun to paint, I always love a cat with those spare little white hairs to paint in.
I'm constantly using up and picking up more tiny vegan lining brushes!

Rub wishes I would stop painting...

Marge!

Bart, one handsome dude.

More Memorials

A portrait of the saucy and beautiful Kim Basinger.

Lil Gooster

This Christmas portrait was a memorial for a special little dachshund named Gooster whose mom is a champion rescuer of special needs animals.

Griffin Thaddeus Roo

This portrait was a lot of fun to paint, I kept to a more limited palette

 which gave the piece a fresh and light feel, keeping the 

deepest dark details a bit warmer.

I'll hopefully have an update once its owner

 also has it made into a tattoo!

Secret No More!

Now that Christmas has officially passed, I can share

 a few highlights from the holiday orders!

This gouache and watercolor 11" x 17" portrait 

is a memorial of a Mastiff mix who looked about 210 pounds!