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Blue Skies


 
 
"Blue Skies," 5" x 8", done in acrylics on a museum quality panel, $299. Proceeds from the sale of "Blue Skies" will benefit my local non-kill shelter. Inquiries may come to me. 
 

 
 

While I am always looking for new muses, every so often I put out a special call for something in particular. In this case, I was looking for rescued pets to feature in paintings for an upcoming exhibition (now gone by). Rolo's Mom sent me some gorgeous shots of this guy, and I so wanted to paint him!

 
But at the time I had finished my paintings for the exhibition, and was rolling into the holidays, so he had to wait.

 
And he did wait, patiently, until today when I decided that I needed a little sunshine in the studio.

 
And now I'm looking for senior dogs. There's a show in the next couple months featuring mature personalities, and I don't have many of those in my reference archives. If you happen to know of one (or more), feel free to send me some pics. Non-flash photos please, only photos that you personally have taken, where the dog makes up at least 1/3 of the image can be sent to me with the subject line of "Senior."

 
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic support of my artwork,
Kim

 
PS You can see all the Gratitude Paintings to date here.
 


 

Snow Much Fun - Notecards and Giclees
Now Available!
 

Congratulations to LH, the new owner of January's most popular painting, "Snow Much Fun." I know that this piece will add a huge ray of sunshine to her home, despite the frosty snowballs!

 
If you would like to order a reproduction of "Snow Much Fun," you may do so via my FineArtAmerica storefront. This is where giclees of sold paintings can be purchased, along with notecards featuring a huge variety of Dog a Day muses.

 
Thanks so much for supporting my artwork!!
 

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