“Maggie,” 5x7, commissioned cocker spaniel pet portrait, private collection (THANK YOU!).
Maggie has quite the personality. She’s always chattering away and you can count on her to hold center stage quite comfortably. I wanted to capture Maggie’s engaging spirit, and painted her as though she was waiting to catch someone’s eye, and start up a conversation.
I also really played with color in her fur. Oranges, purples and blues, with some green in the shadows. The whole spectrum is in here! I love these sorts of paintings.
I’ve received a couple of emails from readers wanting to see non-commissioned works, and possibly add to their own dog-a-day collections. Next week will be the answer to their predicament.
Hard to believe, but it’s time once again for Shelter & Rescue Week. Next week I will focus entirely on the Oakland County Animal Shelter, and also highlight the Oakland Pet Fund (http://www.oaklandpetfund.org/) – a great organization dedicated to ending euthanasia of homeless adoptable and/or treatable companion animals in Oakland County by 2010. I visited the shelter today, learned more about the fund’s plan of action, and met many, many wonderful and endearing faces. It broke my heart to leave without one, but I don’t think I could have chosen just one even if that were an option. So stay tuned for next week – I may have a problem limiting myself even to 5 paintings!
Thanks as always for looking. I appreciate your time, and especially love it when you forward the paintings and share them with friends and family. The dog-a-day readers are a great group!
See you tomorrow,
Kim
Kimberly Kelly Santini
http://www.turtledovedesigns.com/
distinctive pet portraits
& 4-legged paintings
http://www.paintingadogaday.com/
come. sit. stay.
enjoy the art.
Founding member of the Canine Art Guild
http://www.canineartguild.com/
the gateway to canine art on the web
Maggie has quite the personality. She’s always chattering away and you can count on her to hold center stage quite comfortably. I wanted to capture Maggie’s engaging spirit, and painted her as though she was waiting to catch someone’s eye, and start up a conversation.
I also really played with color in her fur. Oranges, purples and blues, with some green in the shadows. The whole spectrum is in here! I love these sorts of paintings.
I’ve received a couple of emails from readers wanting to see non-commissioned works, and possibly add to their own dog-a-day collections. Next week will be the answer to their predicament.
Hard to believe, but it’s time once again for Shelter & Rescue Week. Next week I will focus entirely on the Oakland County Animal Shelter, and also highlight the Oakland Pet Fund (http://www.oaklandpetfund.org/) – a great organization dedicated to ending euthanasia of homeless adoptable and/or treatable companion animals in Oakland County by 2010. I visited the shelter today, learned more about the fund’s plan of action, and met many, many wonderful and endearing faces. It broke my heart to leave without one, but I don’t think I could have chosen just one even if that were an option. So stay tuned for next week – I may have a problem limiting myself even to 5 paintings!
Thanks as always for looking. I appreciate your time, and especially love it when you forward the paintings and share them with friends and family. The dog-a-day readers are a great group!
See you tomorrow,
Kim
Kimberly Kelly Santini
http://www.turtledovedesigns.com/
distinctive pet portraits
& 4-legged paintings
http://www.paintingadogaday.com/
come. sit. stay.
enjoy the art.
Founding member of the Canine Art Guild
http://www.canineartguild.com/
the gateway to canine art on the web
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