paintings

Turk, the Labrador, has the perfect golden hour glow on his yellow coat for his portrait! His portrait is an 11x14 oil on canvas. Original Reference photo:

I received the sweetest note after Duke's portrait was revealed: "Your painting was perfect. It made my mom cry! She always wanted a dog when she was a child but she grew up in post World War II Germany and they never had enough money for anything. So Duke was the dog she always wanted [...]

This dreamy dog portrait was commissioned as a memorial portrait for Christmas. Raven sadly passed away last spring. Oil painting is 8x10 on canvas. Originial reference photo:

This beauty is Pia, a Siberian Forest cat. She was commissioned as a 10x10 oil painting on canvas. Original reference photo:

The BRAA biennial is coming up and this year it's at the Moss Art Center in Blacksburg. Of course I wanted to paint a dog for one of my submissions in to the jurried show. I was inspired by this white haired Golden looking forlorn and waiting patiently for someone to come play with him. [...]