Anyone who reads The Pioneer Woman knows my fondness for painting bassets.
Is it their droopy ears?
Is it their droopy eyes?
Is it their droopy skin?
Is it because they manage to look sad no matter their actual mood?
This little chap lives in sunny Singapore so I don’t think he has anything to be sad about.
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Filed under: Bassett Hound, Dogs on June 30th, 2011 | No Comments »

I can tell you who won my horse show photo contest. (Hi Jaime!)
What I can’t tell you is which of her photos I chose. Because I can’t decide.
Care to participate in a completely non-binding poll?

Filed under: Contests, Horses on June 29th, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Rocco’s owner describes him thus:
Rocco is the kind of cat that draws blood from guests and my kids run screaming from the room when he saunters in. I have to lock him in a bedroom when the kids’ babysitter comes over.
I can relate. I once had a cat named Wolfgang who was so vicious toward [...]

Filed under: Calendar, Cats on June 29th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Completed: June 17, 2011
Beverage: Three Buck Chuck
Soundtrack: Lady Gaga, Born This Way

Filed under: Art, Portraits on June 28th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Remember my Kickstarter project? The one where you all crowd-funded a 2012 calendar of my paintings? Yeah, that one!
Well, as of June I’ve launched into painting the portraits that will make up the calendar. Fittingly, I started off with the cover girl, Niki. Isn’t she a beauty?
I sort of obsessed over whether I was going to [...]

Filed under: Art, Calendar, Dogs, Frequent Flyers, Golden Retriever, Husky, Kickstarter, Pet Portraits on June 27th, 2011 | 1 Comment »