I first heard Rachel Harrington perform with Guy Clark in Portland a few years ago. After that, there were two or three house concerts and other shows. We had mutual friends. She liked my art. I loved her music. We discovered we shared a middle name. You’ve probably seen her name pop up on my blog [...]

Filed under: Art, Celebrities, Dogs, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on February 27th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Awhile back, I was feeling anxious about not selling any paintings in recent days. Yes, I still had a to-do list of 15 or 20, but when I don’t see the emails coming in I get antsy. So I put out a 21st century call to the universe via Twitter.

 
And voila! within 10 minutes @RuffHaven [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Twitter on February 10th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I recently painted these two birds for a client. Parakeets, I think.

And when I was done, they reminded me of something. I couldn’t put my finger on it until…

Maybe they’re cousins.
Maybe I need to spend less time on the computer.

Filed under: Art, Birds, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on November 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

According to Twitter, it’s Bastille Day. Everything I knew about this holiday was forgotten somewhere between now and 9th grade history class, so the only thing French I can contribute is this.
French Bulldogs.

Martha Stewart’s French Bulldogs, Sharkey and Francesca. As seen on marthastewart.com.

Au revoir. 

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Frequent Flyers, In The News, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on July 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I read this post on The Pioneer Woman’s blog about her cow, and just had to paint her. I mean,  how could I NOT? And now this painting is going to live with Ree and Daisy in Oklahoma.
Moo.
Completed: July 6, 2010
Soundtrack: The Pretenders
Beverage: Diet Coke

Filed under: Art, Cows, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Watercolor on July 7th, 2010 | 6 Comments »