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I am continually working behind the scenes here. I am migrating data into a new accounting system, along with the integration of a new mailing list management program. I've also been reorganizing closets and storage space in the studio, and preparing some canvases for a few new paintings, along with trying to tie up all the loose ends that got neglected during this last holiday rush.

Oh yeah - and I finished a couple other pieces for the Art Show at the Dog Show. I will send my entries off tomorrow.

Today I published a new page to my partially re-vamped website that includes all the holiday dog-a-day paintings that I was unable to post because they were surprises. You can view the paintings at http://www.turtledovedesigns.com/paintingadogaday/2007_holiday_surprise_dog_a_day_paintings.html .

Tomorrow I hope to have a new page dedicated to the dog-a-day paintings that remain unsold.

I also will begin planning the layout of a dog-a-day installation that will hang at the Orion Township Public Library throughout the month of January.

I'm working on a couple of different merchandising ideas, too, which I hope to be able to unveil in the coming weeks.

I appreciate your patience while I regroup, recharge, and get myself ready for another year of daily paintings. This project will continue, I promise!

Thanks, as always, for looking.
And for sharing these paintings with your friends and family,
Kim

Kimberly Kelly Santini
www.turtledovedesigns.com
distinctive pet portraits
& 4-legged paintings

www.paintingadogaday.com
come. sit. stay.
enjoy the art.

Founding member of the Canine Art Guild
www.canineartguild.com
the gateway to canine art on the web
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