It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything, let alone a pet portrait. To be honest, after Christmas portrait orders fell off a cliff and haven’t bounced back yet. I think the economy is forcing people to cut back on the frills. At any rate, here is one of my absolute favorite Christmas portraits from last year. This is Dreamer and Izzy. The owner sent me a bunch of very good photos to use …
If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to, well, I’ve been up to my neck in woods for the last couple months.
About fifteen years ago, a local estate sale organizer tipped my wife off about a couple estate sales, strongly urging that I attend. My wife was one of her regular customers, and somehow she knew I was an artist. So I went, and scored a huge supply of oil paints, canvas, brushes, palettes, paper stock, and even a large flat file on rollers. The flat file was an especially large wooden monster with 12 drawers …
The relentlessly perky morning radio hosts were going on and on about how today was 2-22-22. They also noted the low temperature was forecast to be 2° and the high temperature was expected to be 22°, which would frankly be a miracle because they’ve got just about every forecast wrong so far this year. All I know is I slept in a wool sweater and sweatpants last night, and I was still chilly. The cold …
I’ve been failing at watercolor on nearly a daily basis, and I couldn’t be happier.
I turned sixty the other day, and I feel great. At least that’s what the nurses told me…
I am not the man I thought I was on the inside. I’ve been living a lie.
Harvey was a local commission as a birthday gift.
You won’t believe what happened to me and my dog on this very cold and snowy Christmas Morning, but this story is absolutely true.
