back at last...

Well, it has been a long time between posts! A few big projects have kept me occupied, so no daily paintings for the summer!

Here is the life-size bobcat sculpture in bronze, finally.

Mexican Grey Wolf

place holder

Gazelle

Bighorn sheep

Another watercolor for TLD
NFS

Ground squirrel

Another commission for The Living Desert projects.

New

Something a little different

I went to a great workshop today, and this (still unfinished) watercolor is the result! Trying to loosen up a bit and play with color and shape.

new zebras

Bobcat 2

A second bobcat
Commission - NFS

New

Bird #3

Commission - NFS

Bobcat

Commission - NFS

Another bird study

I'm not wild for this one, will probably redo it at some point.

The first of the birds

A red-bellied parrot
Commission - NFS

Amur Leopard

A leopard study
Commission - NFS

Zebra

Grevy's zebra

giraffe browsing

Silly me, I forgot to do a post last night - so this will be a twofer again today! These should be the last giraffes for awhile.
Commission - NFS

Mom & baby giraffe

One of the last for this particular commission. Hope to have some new dogs and horses to add soon - my real favorites! I missed a day of posting so the last two days have been twofers to catch up!

Giraffes again

Two giraffes

A double head study for The Living Desert giraffe project. Watercolor, not for sale.

Giraffe drinking

A little bit different study for the giraffe project for The Living Desert. 8 x 10 watercolor. Not for sale.

Baby giraffe

Another giraffe in the series.

Bronze work in progress

This is a head study of a Smooth Fox Terrier, a breed of dog I have raise and shown since 1981. You can visit my SFT wesite at laurelton.net

African wild dog - 1/19/2007

An African wild dog watercolor study for The Living Desert project.

Addax - 1/18/2007

Another watercolor study for The Living Desert.

Striped Hyena - 1/16/2007

Another watercolor study for The Living Desert project, this time, a striped hyena.

Cheetah -1/15/2007

This King Cheetah is from a whole series of watercolors for The Living Desert and is not for sale.

Giraffe study

This is the first giraffe study in a series of watercolors for The Living Desert.

Welcome

Thank you for stopping by to visit my artist's daily journal.

I invite you to keep coming by to share my works in progress and finished pieces, something new nearly every day. I have been inspired to do some smaller pieces on a regular basis by the fabulous works of Julian Merrow-Smith, Duane Keiser and Elin Pendleton as well as others who are pioneers in Daily Painting.

I usually work in oils, and have been a painter of horse and dog portraits for over twenty years, and at one time I specialized in Thoroughbred racehourses, having been connected with the industry for many years. I have works in collections on three continents and in many countries. I also sometimes work in other mediums, recently watercolor, and have done a bit of sculpting, with a couple of new works in progress which I will have cast eventually.

I often work on commission, so many of my works will not be for sale, but those that are will have a purchase link included in the entry.

I'll be adding some previous work as well as new things in the coming days.

Virginia