A friend on one of my Yahoo groups just lost this darling doggie at 15 years so I wanted to paint this for her. Somehow the photos of this little dog just spoke to me and I had to paint him.

Finally finished up on this painting. It wasa challenge for my online watercolor group. I was really trying to get the transparency to show on the large flower but didn't quite accomplish that. I think part of the reason is because the paper I was using wasn't the bright white but instead the regular which is kind of creamy in color. I think the white would have allowed me more brightness.

This is an actual stallion that I painted a portrait of and am selling as a donation to help save a number of draft and draft/cross mares that need rescuing from slaughter.
The painting is for sale on Ebay and will be on my website for sale if he doesn't sell there. If you would like to read more about the horses needing rescue, please go to www.theanimalifarm.com.

Isn't this guy something? I love painting this new limited edition sculpture. Some folks hate him and some love him because of his unusual head, but he is in fact sculpted after the African Dongola horse. This is a rather ancient breed that comes down in part from the Barb, the same as the Arabian. This boy has had a new mane and tail added by the casting company Resins by Randy. Deb Buckler did the resculpting.
This one is painted in a smutty buckskin. His lower legs have been painted to look slightly dirty as if he were running in the desert. He also has some cracks in his unshod hooves. The open mouth is very effective and the sculptor has included teeth and tongue. Very kewl!

I haven't been doing too much watercolor the past couple of weeks as I have had orders to finish up on with sculptures.
The first one was a filly foal that needed to be repainted to improve her coat color and I think she turned out really cute.


The next ones were a pair of llamas, mom and baby. These are new sculptures that my casting company is doing. These were painted for them.

Cheetah is the monthly project for an animal art group I am a member of so this is my offering for the project. I used a photo for the cheetah but the background is made up as the background in the photo was a zoo and not the way I wanted to present this magnificent cat. I hope I have accomplished what I set out to do.

This is a close up of his face.

A friend of mine was out picking peaches a few weeks ago and brought me this bowl of them to eat. I thought, eat......why not paint them???
So I took a photo of them and this is the result. I am happy with the peaches, but not happy with the table. I made the mistake of not planning on what I would do with the background before I started and this is the result. Next time I will follow my hard fast rule of background first!
My friend loved it anyway and took it home with her to Arizona.