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Friday, November 23, 2018

Portrait of a girl

A number of years ago I told my youngest son that since he hadn't found himself a steady girlfriend, I found one for him and that I had painted her.  I sent him a photo of my painting.  Within a very short time and before I had a chance to introduce him to the woman I chose for him, he found Lucy.  They dated a couple of years and finally married a year ago.  I painted this portrait of her around the time of their marriage.  Can you guess which one is Lucy?




Andy and Lola

As you saw in my last post, I was commissioned to paint Andy, a Nubian goat.  Actually I was asked to paint her "grand kid" who turned out to be a goat.  What fun that was.  When doing commissions, I ask for numerous reference photos and stories about the person or animal.  This helps me get a sense of the personalities and help make them more real to me.   I discovered that Andy had a girlfriend, Lola.  As soon as I saw the photo of Andy and Lola, I knew I wanted to paint this adorable couple.

These two are among hundreds of other farm animals that have been rescued and are now living in a Farm Sanctuary on the East Coast.

I've donated this painting to that Sanctuary and wonder what Andy and Lola think of it.


Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Dogs, dogs, and a Goat??

There is a special joy that comes when someone asks me to paint a special person or animal for them.  Often they are pets that have now passed on.  Cameras do wonderful jobs of capturing the likeness of our pets, but paintings seem to capture the soul.  Among the dogs and cats I've painted recently, one woman asked me to paint her GrandKid!