The Daily Dog - Twenty Five

10" x 8"

Oil on canvas

This is Brei Brei

She belongs to Dawn Estrin and her husband and she (and he) makes the most beautiful jewelry.  

You can see her work in Artful Home which is where I first fell in love with her style - by the way, I am a big fan of Artful home catalog, If you don't get it, I highly recommend if you are an art lover. 

Not sure how we came about being long distance friends, but I have done a few portraits for her and have some of her wonderful creations. 

Last year we worked out a deal and now she is using my artwork in her jewelry! 

(The bottom pendant is a painting I did awhile back)

You can see more of her work at her site here:

Bijou Graphique

They also do custom jewelry creations.

Only 5 more to go and I've reached my goal of 30 dogs for 30 days!!

Rodney and The Story of Darby

12" x 16"

oil on canvas
Sold to a collector in Virginia

Sadly, Rodney recently passed on. He belonged to jewelry artist, Dawn Estrin and if you get Artful Home magazine, you have probably seen her wonderful creations.

http://www.bijougraphique.com/Jewelry.php

I absolutely love her jewelry and when I saw her on Facebook, I immediately made friends and talked about a trade. 

When Rodney suddenly passed, she asked me to do a portrait of him and I mentioned to her that if she ever wanted to use some of my paintings in her jewelry she was welcome to. Well, we signed contracts and it is in the works. I'm so excited to see what she comes up with and will post when I get photos.

Also, In Dog Art Today there is the story of "Darby", a recent painting I did for a friend. 

You can see it here:

http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/2012/04/darby-portrait-by-clair-hartmann.html