Paintings With Soul

“Mia,” 6” x 12”, puppy portrait in acrylic on canvasboard, $80. Proceeds from the sale of this painting will go to the Michigan Humane Society. Inquiries may come to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . SOLD. Mia and her siblings were at the Rochester Hills branch of the Michigan Humane Society just a few short weeks ago. Mia has been adopted, and now has her very own boy. Her life will be a good one, filled with camping trips, swimming in the lake, and some serious duck chasing. I had fun painting all the greens and violets in Mia’s fur, and getting that precocious puppy expression. If you have adopted an animal from the Rochester Hills branch of the Michigan Humane Society and commission your own dog-a-day portrait before May 31st, 20% of your sale will be donated to the shelter. Please contact me for more information – ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . Return collector JoAnne Little gets a big tail wag from Sadie and her colleagues at Friends of Michigan Animal Rescue for her purchase ...

Smoky tipped fur is fun to paint. Typically the shadows or deeper colors are at the roots of the fur. But when a dog has a thick coat of dark tipped fur, the rules are reversed. And I love getting to break the rules! Again, I used a different blue than my typical pthalo – this time indanthrone – which created some beautiful ochres and greens. I think it’s also fairly obvious that I enjoyed the brushwork, too. My original intent was to add falling snow, and tip his nose with some, but I felt like the surface was busy enough. I’ll save that idea for another painting….. “Shepherd Mix Puppy,” 5x7, acrylic pet portrait on canvasboard, $60. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . Congratulations and thank you to new collector Brenda Dale for her purchase of yesterday’s boston profile. Thanks, as always, for looking. And for sharing these paintings with friends and family. The dog-a-day circle is growing, and I’m thoroughly enjoying getting to know my readers and their companions. Happ...