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Commissioned Portraits and a Video

Here’s the short video I created about my commissioned portraits. Our companion animals give us so much…my cats gave me my career as an artist. Back in the late 1980s my household of rescued cats inspired me to find my muse and I’ve been developing my skills and talent since then, painting them and many […]

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Commissioned Portrait: Coco

Coco’s family was local, and he was loved by the whole family. He wasn’t feeling well and knew his time was limited. Coco was owned by the mom and the brother and sister went together to commission this portrait for her. Read more about Coco’s portrait on The Creative Cat : Commissioned Portrait: Coco

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Commissioned Portrait: Sky

Sky was a Blue Merle Australian Sheep Dog and this portrait was a Christmas gift for my client’s father. Sky was a happy, social dog, accepting everyone into his circle of favorite people. His personality made Sky the center of his companion’s universe; as my client put it, “If my mother, my sister, Sky and […]

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Art in Place

One of the things I did today was to photograph urns and the business itself at Chartiers Custom Pet Cremation. The owner and I have become friends over the years, and we are also each others’ customers—I handle her website and public relations, and she is the person who receives my cats for cremation. She […]

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Commissioned Portrait: Baylee ~ The Creative Cat

Baylee’s portrait is not so much a portrait of her as it is a record of many happy memories with her, in her element, chasing sticks and running around in the stream in one of her person’s favorite places from the time she herself was a child. I’d like to share posts from my other […]

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A Favorite Painting Sold, and the Story of Two Portraits

After 20 years, this painting of two rescued borzois finally went home with a loving owner. In 1998 when I met with their person to photograph them for a commissioned portrait she had an idea of just their faces, but as I watched the two racing around the sunroom with such joy, all that light […]

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Commissioned Portrait: Corky, Hearing Dog

This portrait of Corky the service dog was commissioned by a group of friends. Only 3 more days for 25% off the purchase of a portrait certificate or a commissioned portrait for someone who inspired you with animals that is booked between now and June 30, 2018. Read more below. ~~~ The sun-splashed green grass […]

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Commissioned Portrait: Sophie and Ellie, Being Very Good

Don’t forget that through June 30 commissioned portrait certificates and portraits are 25% off. I thought I’d take this week to share a portrait of two very good dogs named Sophie and Ellie from ten years ago. Sophie and Ellie were indeed being very good—they lived right next to a busy walking trail and they […]

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Commissioned Portrait: Two Portraits, Choose One

Too many ideas leads to two portraits, one for me and one for the customer! Several years ago I had the pleasure of painting a portrait of two beautiful rescued Borzois, Traveller and Emma. Their person was also a friend of mine and lived in an enviable remodeled home on a few hilltop acres with […]

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Commissioned Portrait: “Annie”

Meet Annie, a boxer mix whose portrait I recently finished. Her person won a portrait certificate I donated to Advocates 4 Animals in Xenia, Ohio, so though I only met Annie through photos and emails she looks so beguiling there on her rug and was a joy to paint I feel like I know her. […]

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