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FROM TOP: "Miller I" and "Miller II", 6" x 8", Golden Open acrylics artboard, commissioned pet portrait sketches of a yellow lab. My client will choose one, and the other can be yours for $60 plus s&h. Inquiries (including booking your own pet portrait - come on, you know that you want one!!) may always come to me.

"Miller I" SOLD (thank you!)

It's always great when I get to paint for a friend. Miller's family are old neighbors (I forget how many times as a puppy Finnigan made a mad dash for Miller's house - there was a big goofy dog and a herd of kids, so it was heaven to him!). They are returning next week for a visit. It'll be wonderful to send them home with a portrait, but not before I get to pinch all the kids and ply them with popsicles.

Thanks, as always, for looking at - and sharing - my artwork and musings with your friends and family.
Kim

PS Are you in the San Francisco area? Well then get your butt and your dog over toMutt Lynch Winery for their Dog Days of Summer event this Saturday. I will be in town, specifically to sip a glass of "Rusty" wine with you.

TWITTER: ksantini
SHOP ORIGINALS & LIMITED EDITION GICLEES: at my Etsy shop
ORDER CUSTOMIZED NOTECARDS & REPRODUCTIONS: at Imagekind
COMMISSION A PET PORTRAIT: contact me
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE: contact me
READING MATERIAL: Preview and order each of the Dog a Day books at the publisher's website: The First Year (2006-2007) and That's 14 in Dog Years (2008). If you would like your copy personalized, order them through me.
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  1. Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson8:29 AM

    Now this is absolutely lovely and makes me want to explore yellow labs as subject matter all over Gai ! THE PURPLEis stunning. Fantastc work, truly amazing.

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  2. Kimberly Kelly Santini8:49 AM

    Elizabeth - I love that yellow labs and paler golden retrievers give me the perfect excuse to play with one of my favorite triads - green, orange and purple. Can't wait to see what you do with it!! thanks....

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