Dog silhouettes

I've wanted to do a series of dog silhouettes for a while. Finally, here are the first three: Great Dane, Bracco Italiano, and Doberman Pinscher. I love the old-fashioned profile silhouettes. Traditionally, they are made with cut paper. I’m pretty good with scissors, but I’m better with a paintbrush. And my silhouettes feature dogs instead of humans. I have several more breeds in the works. It's a nice change of pace to work in only two colors and to be so precise. If these don't sell, I just might have a wall o' dog silhouettes. But hopefully they will find good homes. They are available in my shop.

Painting will take another hiatus, but this one will be brief. I leave for a 10-day trip to Greece on Wednesday. Woo hoo!

Maxx

Hooray! My first dog portrait of 2008. After a bit of hiatus due to getting engaged, I'm back in the saddle. It feels good to be painting dogs again. This is Maxx, a beautiful Chocolate Lab. I was commissioned by Erin to paint Maxx for her mom. Thank you, Erin. I hope your mom enjoys the portrait!

I will soon be posting my little dog silhouettes. I'm excited about them. Until then, I'm off to pack for my trip to Greece.....Enjoy the weekend!

(Happy belated birthday, Linda!)

I'm back

My poor blog. I've neglected it for way too long. That's what wedding planning will do!

I've been consumed with phone calls, e-mails, appointments, decisions, etc. Whew! I had no idea how much work went into planning a wedding. Having been a bridesmaid 7 times, I thought I knew, but you don't know till you're the bride. I'm in good shape at this point, which makes me happy. I've got my church, reception, photographer [hi, Rob!], and florist booked. My dress has been ordered and the bridesmaid dresses will be ordered soon. Those are the big things. I'm designing my own invitations which is fun and should save me some money. If only I didn't have such an addiction to Paper Source! Our honeymoon is booked—three days in Paris, followed by a river cruise to Normandy! The guest list is 99% complete, my registries are almost complete......can you say OVERWHELMING?

So needless to say, all of this wedding business has kept me from my artwork. Until now. This week I will (finally!) finish a portrait of Maxx the Chocolate Lab. [Thank you, Erin, for your patience!] I'm also creating some tiny dog silhouettes. They will be added to my shop this week, and I'm pretty excited about it. Finally, I'm doing a portrait of my parents' dog, Abby (pictured above). My mom turned 60 on January 2 and she's still waiting for a present from me. Hopefully this painting will be worth the wait!