An Invitation

You are all invited!!  The following invitation is for the upcoming New Braunfels Art League Show, Sept. 4th. thru Sept. 29th., 2013.  The title of the show is "For the Love of Animals".  The address and date/time of reception, awards, is on the card.

I am both excited and honored that one of the paintings I am entering, was selected to be on the invitation!!  I did two blogs on "Think Big", April 13th. and Jan. 8th..  Another painting I am entering is "Waiting", blog on Jan. 24th., 2012.  The third one is a new painting, "A Loving Worker", and I will post a blog on her soon.

Hope you can make it to the reception on Sept. 6th., and/or show while it is there.!!

"Scruppy"

"Scruppy" is a commissioned pet portrait I have recently finished.  A customer that I had sold my ceramic molds, kilns, to, commissioned me to do him for a friend in Florida.  He was a challenge, as I did not have good referance photos.  They were too small and too far away.  Also, a couple of them were when he was younger, and some when he is now older.  Plus, the coloring of him was hard to determine.  Lesson learned!!  Do not accept a commission until you see the referance photos first, or are able to take your own.  However, I will tell you that I am stubborn enough, I took on the challenge.  To end the story, I had my customer send her friend a photo of the painting, to see if it looked anything like Scruppy.  She received word that it looked like a younger version.  So, "Scruppy" is now in the hands of his master.  It was a good experience!!

"Scruppy", Pastel, 8" x 6"