Tag: portraits
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Fancy Blue Eyes…
……was the name of my registered albino palomino racking mare. Although I loved every horse I owned, she was my dream horse and was very special. Her extremely long mane and tail gave her a magical unicorn look. Her rack was so smooth that it was like moving in a well tuned car when riding…
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Art from my heart
Two of my latest sketches. This portrait of Max, a six year old shitzu, was delivered today to my best friend for her 68th birthday. Her dog Max is her constant companion. She was so surprised and thrilled as she had no idea I was sketching him for her. Keyz portrait was mailed to his…
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Long ago talents renewed
I’ve developed a routine the last couple weeks of sitting daily to sketch something. I used to draw in the early 90’s to keep me busy while students worked on their assignments in a high school art class I often substitute taught. I had actually forgotten about those sketches till I went looking for a…
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Loving Pets
Pets are family and we grieve their loss as such. My cousin recently lost her sweet terrier. She wants me to paint her and her son an oil portrait in his memory. Since I’ve never seen him in person I wanted to get to know this little guy by sketching him before I paint him…
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River Walk
It wasn’t so stifling hot last Thursday so I took advantage and went for a short walk along the river front. Had I chosen to go early morning it would have lasted longer but I didn’t get out of the house till closer to noon. By the time I walked onto the board walk it…
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For the love of hairy coos🤎
Oh my Scotland, my Scotland how I miss you. Such beautiful landscape and amazing livestock. Sheep and pheasants and sea gulls and COOS every where we went. Of all these, the hairy coos stole my ❤️! For those that are unaware, there is a breed of cow in the highlands of Scotland made for the…
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Revisited memories
Monday is our 24th wedding anniversary. With impending bad weather predictions, we decided to go a restaurant we haven’t visited in 20 years last Friday. The meal was exceptional as was expected but it was after dinner that brought up long ago memories. We decided to stroll down the street for a bit before heading…
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