Completed: June 4, 2011 Soundtrack: Amanda Richards Beverage: Starbucks Iced Mocha

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Golden Retriever, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on June 6th, 2011 | No Comments »

This month, you can see my work in Grand Vines, a great wine shop in Salem, Oregon (my home city.) Last night was First Wednesday downtown and theme was “Dog’s Nite Out”. The place was packed. The rest of my family was at a Little League game in the gray drizzle, but I was happy [...]

Filed under: 1, Art, Dogs, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Salem, Shows, Watercolor on June 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Despite a headache that’s lasted for a million years, I awoke on Monday with a radically heightened sense of possibility. And sure enough, good things started happening. First,  it was announced that my painting, Naughty had been included in the Top 10 finalists for the Mutt Lynch wine label contest. We find out today if [...]

Filed under: Art, Celebrities, Dogs, Frequent Flyers, Mutt Lynch, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Random, Watercolor on May 25th, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Once again, I have entered a painting in the Annual Mutt Lynch wine label contest. Last year, my painting of Chickenbone Jones made it to the Top 10, but this year I’m in in to win it. I just feel it’s my destiny to combine my love of art and wine in this way. You can [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, Mutt Lynch, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Watercolor on May 16th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last month The Modchik hosted a giveaway for a custom portrait and the winner was Kimberly. She wanted a portrait of her cat Pepper who’d passed the year before and whom they were still missing terribly. The photo she sent me was Pepper in the lap of her adorable daughter and I asked if she [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Contests, Giveaways, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Portraits, Watercolor on May 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments »