Sweet Gus

Sweet Gus
8" x 10"
oil on canvas
private collection

This is Gus. He belongs to a good friend. Every time I would go to her house, Gus would most likely be sitting on the sofa and I would sit next to him. Unlike most cats that would run away to some dark room in the back of the house at the sight of an intruder, he would stay and let me pet him and just sit quietly - nothing seemed to bother him and always seemed deep in thought.
He was a cool cat and will be missed.

The Guardian

The Guardian
16" x 20"
oil on canvas
private collection

PAINT MY DOG #10

8" x 10"

private collection

This is the final painting in the PAINT MY DOG! series for 2015.

The dog belongs to the awesome painter Susan B. Hecht who taught me color theory - I took a 3 day workshop with her and what she taught me changed my painting.
Her website is http://susanbhecht.com/


Here are all the PAINT MY DOG paintings...
I like to think each painting has it's own personality in the brush stokes and color just like each subject does.

PAINT MY DOG! #7

Stella
8" x 10"
oil on canvas
private collection

My first painting of 2016!
Been working on some other time-intensive paintings involving foxes, chickens and lizards (oh, so fun!) - will post those soon.