I’m not exactly sure about the “skyrocketing to fame” part, but I was sure flattered to seek a link on Dog Art Today this morning. Dog Art Today, and it’s companion site, the Obama Dog Blog, were kind enough to post my portrait of Bo Obama earlier this year. I subscribe to the daily feed [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web, Pet Portraits on December 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

Before I got this fancy blog and The Twitter, I used to write about all the cool stuff that was going on over on my portfolio site (interviews, shows, new work). There are fun things like links to my shameless self-promotion on other people’s blogs, photos of the stuff Martha Stewart sent me and a [...]

Filed under: Random on December 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Yesterday I came home to one of my favorite things in the world. A package! For me! I mean, who doesn’t like getting a big box of stuff in the mail? The best parts were 1) it was a box of art supplies; and 2) it was all free.
Free you say? Yes, free. And here’s [...]

Filed under: Art, In the studio, Painting on Yupo on December 10th, 2009 | No Comments »

I was checking out prices on Yupo Paper at Blick’s Studio and look what painting they’re using as a sample? It’s my Charlie!

Filed under: Art, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Watercolor on December 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments »

 
I wish I would have paid better attention to my art teachers when they were talking about perspective. And not the teacher who said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” That only helped me justify drawings that didn’t turn out well. I mean the perspective discussions that may have helped me with the painting [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Random, Watercolor on December 6th, 2009 | No Comments »