After a bit of a mishap with the yellow background paint, this one is finally finished today – just waiting for the paint to dry so it can be imaged. The painting is based on a beautiful photo taken at a friend’s wedding by Justine Johnson Photograph. Thank you Cathy Connor and Justine Johnson, for allowing me to use this photo as a reference for my painting! Initially I wasn’t planning to include the flowers around Sophie’s neck, but an artist friend encouraged me. At times I though it would take longer to get the flowers looking right, than the overall painting of Sophie
– but in the end, I am happy with the result. This one is titled “Flower Girl” and will be entered into the Irving Arts Assocation Fine Art Pet Portrait competition in September. Wish me luck!
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  | I made the deadline this go around, for the next online Canine Art Guild Show – “It’s A Dog’s Life”. Take a peek at the wonderful dog art – and vote for the people’s choice award! Included in the mix are my paintings of Bob (Big ‘ol Boy) – It Wasn’t Me – pictured below, Fleur de Lab (which is looking oddly dark online, even though he is a black lab), and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – Roxy Heart. Here is the link to the show: http://www.canineartguild.com/gallery/
Mother’s Day cards are back in my Etsy shop. Each card is $4.25 with $1.00 US shipping. These cards are also available without a shipping fee, in my studio upstairs at the Ashland Art Center. Both cards feature animals from Sanctuary One in Jacksonville, OR, with 10% of the price benefiting the Sanctuary. To learn more about Sanctuary One, visit www. SanctuaryOne.org. Here are the links to the listings in my shop: Lulu’s Love and Laughter Mothers Day Card: https://www.etsy.com/listing/127223755/mothers-day-card-pig-art-mothers-day?ref=v1_other_1 Aye Chihuahua! One Hot Mama Mother’s Day Card: https://www.etsy.com/listing/127220673/hot-mama-mothers-day-card-aye-chihuahua?ref=shop_home_active
Thanks to everyone who celebrated National Horse Protection Day with me and staff from Equamore Horse Sanctuary at the opening reception for “The Horses of Equamore” at the Ashland Art Center. In the end, I completed seven paintings of Equamore horses, of which three were being touched up on Friday morning, but they were all framed and ready to show by Friday night. We had a great crowd, which included three Equamore Board members, and one volunteer, who were on hand to talk about the work Equamore does every day to help horses in need here in Jackson County. I met so many wonderful horse lovers, and had a great discussion with another artist about creating a large horse mural in honor of the wild horses being rounded up by the BLM – so, who knows where that may lead. The show remains up through the end of March, and 10% of sales will be donated to Equamore Foundation to assist with horse care and rescue. Two of the paintings have sold, but are available for viewing for the duration of the show. Available Equamore horse paintings and prices are now included in the “Paintings – other animals” section of my website. http://inspiredpetportraits.com/galleries/other-animal-paintings/ Below are a few photos of the evening.
My paintings of Equamore Horses were featured in the Ashland Daily Tidings this morning. Thanks to Vickie Aldous for this great article! I am putting the final touches on the last two paintings today and then framing begins. I should be ready to hang tomorrow morning, just in time for the opening from 5-8PM during Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk at the Ashland Art Center. http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130228%2FNEWS02%2F302280304#. Photo taken by Julia Moore.
Mark your calendar for this fun First Friday event in Ashland, on March 1st. It’s National Horse Protection Day, and my series of Equamore Horses will be on Display at the Ashland Art Center. Staff from Equamore Horse Sanctuary will be there as well. Come celebrate with us – wine, cheese and conversation!
Here is a sneak peek at the beginnings of my Equamore horse series… I am heading back to Equamore on Sunday with a friend who has a much fancier camera to capture some of the details I couldn’t see in my own photos….clearly I need a camera upgrade if I plan to be taking photos in dark barns! I should have 6 Equamore horse paintings done in time for March First Friday, when these paintings will be shown in the Studio Artist Gallery upstairs at the Ashland Art Center. March 1st is National Horse Protection Day, so it seemed fitting to celebrate that and all the great work Equamore does to provide a home for abandoned and starving horses. They also operate a hay bank to provide food for horses when owners can no longer afford to feed them. If you haven’t heard about Equamore, check out their website www.equamore.org and like their new Facebook page www.facebook.com/HorseSanctuary. They are just a few miles down Highway 66 in Ashland & they need our support!
They’re back – “A Hog and a Kiss” Valentine’s Day Cards, featuring Lisa from Sanctuary One! Cards are $4 at the Ashland Art Center, Ashland Community Hospital and online in my Etsy shop. Ten percent of the sales price is donated to Sanctuary One, our local farm sanctuary/care farm in Jacksonville!
Thrilled to have been accepted into HeARTs Speak, a wonderful organization with the mission to unite the individual efforts of animal artists and animal rescues into collective action for social change! If you haven’t heard about this group, here is the link: www.heartsspeak.org…….now back to my six unfinished paintings! | ||
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