This plaque was sculpted by TIBBP ( The International Blessed Broodmare Project) member, artist Kelly Savage from the UK. I in turn painted it and presented it to the first member of our group whose adopted draft mare gave birth to a 2008 foal. This plaque was painted the colors of the actual mare and foal.
The TIBBP is dedicated to saving as many horses as possible from the slaughter houses and places them in the best forever homes. This year we saved over 80 pregnant draft mares from the PMU farms. If you would like to read more about this great and blessed group of animal lovers and artists, please go to this url:
http://www.theinternationalblessedbroodmareproject.com.

Draft Team

A friend from the horse rescue group I belong to took a driving team workshop a few weeks ago and came home with some awesome pictures. She graciously allowed me to use some of her photos as reference for my watercolor paintings.
This is the first one I have done.

This was painted on hand made 100% cotton rag paper made by Twin Rocker Mills. I ended up putting this over a mat instead of under it to save the look of the deckle edges.

This painting is a portrait of a sweet dog that has gone to the rainbow bridge and was commissioned by her owner. Her name is Marley.

Colorful Lizard

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything. I have been really busy as most folks are these days.
I painted this for a project on an advanced watercolor group that I belong to. We were to use two complimentary secondary colors and one earth color.
I chose yellow orange, ult. blue and quinacridone gold.

Cool Waters

This was a project for the online watercolor group I belong to. In this monthly project a photo is supplied and all who want to participate paint from the same photo. Each is encouraged to "make it their own" by changing things at will. This is my painting.
I don't often do landscapes so I am happy with the outcome of this one. Trees are always difficult for me so I eliminated a lot of the upper part of the photo to cut down on the trees. This also helped to make the water the focus of the painting.

Every year I try to do quick watercolor sketches of my little boarding kennel dogs and cats on postcards and send to the owners at Christmas time.
I decided that this year I would get a head start on them as I will probably have about 50 to do this year.
This cute little guy is BJ, a face washing machine. When he finished with your face, he delights in giving love nibbles on your nose and chin.