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 | 5 Comments »

It’s a very rare occasion that I receive an email from a client that says simply, “Here’s a photo. Please paint it.”  In fact, that’s never happened. Usually, I get to hear a little bit more of the story. A description of the subject, be it man or beast, from someone who really knows them. An [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »

A few months ago, I painted Neil Gaiman’s lovely white shepherd, Cabal.
Since then, Mr. Gaiman has adopted another white shepherd, Lola. I couldn’t possibly allow Lola to feel left out, so I was compelled to paint her as well.
She’s younger than Cabal and seems a bit more puppyish in the photos I’ve seen. I thought this [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on June 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Today is the official start of voting for the Mutt Lynch Winery label contest! I am conjuring up all the powers of Twitter, Facebook, the interwebs and beyond to launch a campaign of shock and awe.
Let’s get this face on a wine label:
Voting begins today and goes through May25. Vote here.

Filed under: Art, Dogs, On the web on May 19th, 2010 | 8 Comments »