I am SO shy. I am shy and socially awkward. In fact, it would be better for everyone if the only place I ever was, was where people are not.
That said, The Pioneer Woman came to town today and I was not about to miss it. So I packed up myself and my crippling insecurity, spent [...]

Filed under: Beautiful Things, Cooking, Gifties, Mad Mom, Not painting, On the web, Pet Portraits, Random on April 20th, 2010 | 14 Comments »

Because our lives are not crazy-busy enough, we’ve added Little League this year for The Boy. Today was opening day in our league and I dutifully packed my camp chair and headed out to the fields, presumably to be bored out of my skull and to freeze my arse off.
That was not the case.
Oh my [...]

Filed under: Mad Mom, Not painting, Random on April 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here’s what I’ve been up to.
The first portrait is the client’s mother’s horse, BabyDoe. The second is of the client’s childhood dog, Alex. I think they’ll make pretty good Mother’s Day gifts.
As for me, I’m going to be Little League Mom today and spend a couple hours freezing my arse off at The Boy’s First [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Gifties, Horses, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

This dog looks very interested in what the viewer is saying. Ears up. Head cocked. Alert. I wish my kids paid as much attention when I spoke to them.
 Completed: April 15, 2010
Soundtrack: The Moth podcast
Beverage: Iced Mocha

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

You are not going to believe this, but I had two clients in one day with a dog named Diesel. Here’s one of them.

Diesel

Completed: April 11, 2010
Soundtrack: Guy Clark (four albums-worth)
Beverage: Iced Mocha(s)

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on April 12th, 2010 | No Comments »