Deliberating whether to go with simple line drawings, monochromatic drawings, or full color for the T shirt designs. Opinions are extremely welcome. This is one of the bad dogs. We all have it in us.
Jack Russell Terrier T shirt- Dog Lover Art!
Back to the blog after a few weeks absence- with some T shirt designs. I've created about 20 images for T shirts, starting with a Jack, of course, always first in line!
Laid back weekend at home of dog artist- Seattle, WA
Rainy lazy days with my niece, Taylor, who spent Saturday lovin' up with the Chihuahua.
Painting submission for Dog Art Show in Laguna Beach, CA
It's a demographic, and location, that suits me. No date on the show yet, but this is one of three paintings I submitted. How about that? Dog art is it's own genre now.
Goodbye Florida! Sunny, a golden retriever in a tropical paradise
Saying goodbye to Florida today after a good long stay here with my Dad. Sunny, actually a Hawaii dog, lives in the Pacific version of Florida, so she is representing the tropics today.
If there's a dog in it, is it still art? Presentation on "kitsch", Seattle, WA
I finally edited the video of a presentation I did last year as a "Pecha Kucha", a style of presentation where each presenter is given 6 minutes to show 20 slides for 20 seconds each. The presenter has no control of the slideshow. It was tricky! The topic was "Kitsch- Bad Art Gone Good", link below to youtube vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=557plP37R24
Enjoying Palm Beach, FL.- beach dog
Feeling sorry for the people of the north. It's 3 degrees in Chicago, 79 in Palm Beach.
Looking forward to the New Year- from a dog point of view
Contemplating the coming year.May your horizon be calm, expansive, and warm, with your dreams on their way to you.
Merry Christmas! a day late, but joyful nonetheless! Just ask a Jack.
Pablo is Master of the Studio- art dog in Seattle, WA
- My Chihuahua, Pablo, rules the studio, and the Universe. I obey, and so does pretty much everyone else.
Happy Turkey Day! The dogs would like that . . .
Dog Art in New York City- Buddy in Central Park
Another painting I did years ago with New York City as a backdrop. This time it's the other huge landmark, Central Park, which provides the setting, and was a favorite spot for Buddy. Buddy's person said that at the time, take-out Chinese food and Cokes were the picnic items, and Buddy NEVER tried to get into the fare. He was only interested in the ball. The photo is a panorama shot I took last week when i was in NYC walking through Central Park. It highlights the use of artistic license in the painting!
New York, New York- my dog in the city
I recently returned from a wonderful trip to NYC. Stayed where I stayed at a friend's loft twenty years ago, two blocks from the Hudson in lower Manhattan. Twenty years ago I painted my dog, Shake Sugaree, sitting near the river in front of a long distance view of the Statue of Liberty. Same view twenty years later.
Digital dog art- Ivy and Sucia at home in Seattle
Ivy and Sucia, a digital painting created on the iPad, soon to be an actual painting. Ivy, the black adolescent, is a Rhodesian Ridgeback/Yellow Lab mix from South Africa. Sucia is a Catahouia Hound rescue dog from New Orleans. Quite the duo. No one comes into this house without their permission. This painting was ordered as a wedding present but without enough time to create the actual painting before the big day. Since I can create a painting on the iPad in a couple of days, a print of the beloved pair was presented as the wedding gift with the painting to come later. Now time to get out to the studio and turn this into something made with brushes and canvas and paint that comes in jars.
An early morning dog walk on Halloween- Seattle, WA
Walking Pablo early this morning in the low light of dawn, we heard the sound of what I thought were bamboo wind chimes coming up behind us. We turned around and this is what we saw!!!
Chihuahua runs free in the arboretum- photoshoot with Julie Austin
My feisty Chihuahua Pablo at his photoshoot yesterday, doing one of the things he does best- posing. Always ready for his close up.Lively and lovely session in the gorgeous fall colors at the arboretum with talented, energetic, animal-lovin photographer Julie Austin Photography There will come a time when I don't have Pablo in the flesh and blood, but I will always have his spirit in my heart, and in these photos.
Dog Art Wedding Gift- Portland, Ore.
Tis the season of weddings! Opening the gift of a print on canvas of Arlo, a digital painting created on the iPad.Congratulations to Jocelyn, Colin, and Arlo on your marriage! All three of you.
Greyhounds painting revised- digital painting created on the iPad
Greyhound painting with revisions, after and before. I felt I had the color composition, but not the body language and expressions, so I worked the painting again to make the dogs more greyhoundish.This is my sense of greyhounds: they are ballerinas, calmly certain of the superiority and comfortable with being the focus of attention at all times. They move their elegant bodies as if they are suspended slightly above the ground. Drama and theatrics come naturally to them.
Time and Fuzzy, Seattle 2013
Greyhound rescue dogs- digital painting created on the iPad
Fuzzy and Time, greyhounds who spent their early years at the track are retired. Now they are "40mph couch potatoes"- either bolting or lounging. Their human companion and greyhound rescue advocate, Robin, says about greyhounds, "they are like potato chips . . . you can't have just one." She says that they are sweet, loving, calm, and funny. I want to hear why they are funny.Digital painting created on the iPad.
Little Daisy- long, loving life.
Another beloved dog has passed. Little Daisy was sweetness embodied: joyful, loving, and so treasured. What a gift they are, these beings who come to teach us what unconditional love is.From Daisy's human companion: "Our sweet Little Daisy peacefully departed this world in the arms of her family earlier in the evening. She was the light of our lives and will be missed more than words can say." I will miss you too, Little Daisy, furry bright flower.
