It’s funny how things work out.
One week I will have orders for only labs, another week I’ll be painting all cats. One day I even had two clients, each with a dog named Diesel.
It’s hard to see a trend until you’re right in the middle of it.
One of the trends going on right now is [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 29th, 2010 | No Comments »

I’m a list maker. I make lists.  I make lists in my head, in the car, in the shower, while I’m trying to go to sleep. Lots of lists.
It occurred to me that maybe I should use this list-making compulsion for good, rather than for the evil that is keeping me up at night making [...]

Filed under: Lists, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on April 28th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Completed: April 26, 2010
Soundtrack: The Chieftains
Beverage: Whiskey Sour

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Once upon a time I posted a photo of my studio in its cleanest state. Most of the time though, it looks a little more like this.
Oh look, there’s a meditation pillow that’s been used for pillow fights more often than meditation (never.) And a water dish that my studio cat Ron Weasley refuses to [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, In the studio, Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on April 25th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’m sure I’ve been over this before, but it bears repeating. People have the best names for their pets.
There are many with “human” names – which is how we roll at the Rossman house.

Charlie (LOTS of Charlies)
Rhett
Bogart
Katie (LOTS of Katies)
Simon

I love freaking people out by talking about our cat Ron. “Ron’s in the hospital!” “Ron’s getting [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Dogs, In the studio, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 24th, 2010 | 2 Comments »