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"Freckles (Wycheck)," 5" x 7", border collie mix pet portrait, acrylic on canvasboard, $135 to the first buyer. $26 from the sale of this painting will be donated to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in the purchasers name. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . (If you like "Freckles," you might also like another painting I have for sale: "Turlington," an 18" x 24" much larger than lifesize border collie mix dog portrait in a similar pose. You can view "Turlington" at http://www.turtledovedesigns.com/canvases_available_for_purchase.html)

Freckles has sold.




"Tousled (Xena)," 6" x 12", terrier mix pet portrait, acrylic on canvasboard, $200 to the first buyer. $40 from the sale of this painting will be donated to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in the purchasers name. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com .

SOLD.

Both Wycheck and Xena are chronicled on Best Friends Animal Snctuary's website. You can read their entire story, and stay up to date on their progress, by visiting the Guardian Angel page: https://www.bestfriends.org/guardianangel/. Consider yourself cautioned, though - prepare to get caught up in their diaries (and those of a few other animals, too!). The caregivers of Wycheck, Xena and all the others on this page do an excellent and thorough job detailing the care and progress of each animal, straight through to adoption.

Thanks again to Molly Wald, photographer extraordinaire at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, for sharing her photos with me in the development of these paintings.

And a special thank you to Kim Hendrickson, who purchased "Good Ole Boy (Grover)" yesterday about 2 minutes after I posted him to the group. Kim you are to be commended for your quick reaction !!

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

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

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