Category: animals
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Coyote on the Land Between the Two Rivers, Skagit and Stillaguamish
It was a still evening as the sun set over the bay on the landscape in front of my art studio, and I specifically painted this oil painting to celebrate the rare remaining coastal woods in the area that animals call home. Stanwood is the closest town to the south. We are at a crucial…
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Work in progress- Bull painting commission started
It’s been forever since I’ve painted a bull- Beginning of a longhorn among cactus- commissioned painting 24 by 30 in. Oil
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Mural- Ketchikan, Alaska work in progress
For this mural the client was interested in themes of peace, wisdom and regeneration, and wanted birds, so naturally doves, owl and the classic stork were chosen. Because the client is also of French origin I choose the Fleur de Lis as a background, also giving it an emblematic or seal quality we wanted- when…
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Eaglets Class Sign
I finished the classroom sign for my daughter’s first grade class. They named themselves The Eaglets.
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Happy Birthday
I drew from various points of inspiration for this piece, starting with it being the year of the dog on the Chinese Zodiac. The dog is red, like Clifford, the big red dog from school storybooks, and adapted to look like a Labradoodle, which I’ve sometimes considered as my totem animal. Dogs in general to…
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Private Mural Commission
First day of mural commission at private residence, a pastoral scene with a burro. The elderly client wanted to look out to his yard and see a Biblical scene while he exercises on his stationary bike.
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Él, watercolor on paper, 47 by 43 in.
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A day for domestic animals- previously unpublished paintings. The little white dog is happily running among rainbow colors with the strength from his past ancestor dogs, in Spirit Dogs, 2008. The two cats in the Lilypond, 2013 paintings are lounging lazily in the sun despite there being fish in the pond beside them.
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Mural progress May 17th- worked on swans, still to do beaks and eyes-
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Studies of values and composition for upcoming mural. Which one do you like the best?
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Swan studies for upcoming mural.