Silly Goose & Meander

Silly Goose

6 x 6" original oil

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Meander

6 x 6" original oil

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These two paintings of my lab, Buttercup, will be available in my February show Art & Soup.

Silly Goose is so Buttercup. She is hilarious and loves to play. Meander is Buttercup when she is more pensive and walks slowly around the yard. I like to think that this is the time she contemplates life and is able to reset. Dogs are great examples of playing and being still.  

Emerald & Rest

Emerald

5 x 7" original oil

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Rest

5 x 7" original oil

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These two seascapes were my final paintings of 2014, numbers ninety-nine and one hundred! I cannot get enough of the ocean and how beautiful it is in all parts of the world and at all times of day. The top painting, Emerald, is of a foggy beach that was burning off and turning sunny on the coast of Alabama. The bottom painting, Rest, is a sunset in Cabo. Cabo San Perfecto as I like to call it...

These originals will be for sale in my February show Art & Soup. 

Merry & Bright

12x12" original oil

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This painting will be included in my February show of Art & Soup. I love love love the row of magenta shapes across the top. They are like little ornaments on a snowy tree. 

Bird Hunt

24 x 24" original mixed media

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Buttercup loves to hunt birds - pheasants and chuckers mostly. It's pretty much the greatest thing in the whole wide world to take your lab bird hunting. 

There is a great place to hunt about half an hour west of where we live. The grass is tall and dry and the foothills are nearby. There are some old washes filled with rabbit brush, but this painting shows one of my favorite open fields. You'd be surprised how many pheasants will hide in this stuff. Your view of the Wasatch Front is spectacular and unobstructed, but the best part though is getting to watch your lab flush out birds and run around like she's at Disneyland. 

This painting is one of my favorites I've ever done of my dog, and it'll be hard to let it go! I know someone will fall in love with it at the gallery and take it home, and if it brings them joy, then I am happy too. 

I used acrylics and oils in this piece. The acrylic base layers were added quickly and with a lot of texture. The final oil layers added value gradation and final grass blades. 

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Snow

12 x 12" original oil

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We have had one day of snow where I live and it melted off almost as quickly. It is December though, and I do love how peaceful freshly fallen snow makes the world, especially with the little twinkle of Christmas lights sprinkled into the mix. 

Here is a (not the greatest lighting/color accuracy) shot of "Snow" in it's brand new frame. It's 2 3/4" wide and silver-leafed with a dark brown wax lightly applied to warm up the metallic tone.