Rocco is finished.  She is a Belgium Shepherd that recently passed away.  Losing your pet is often harder than losing an actual family member.  To many of us , our 4 legged companions are with us many more minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, than any human comp...

I am still working on this portrait.  I find it necessary to NOT look at a painting for a day or two once I think it is complete.  In doing this, I can more easily see and correct any mistakes that I have made.  This is an oil on canvas, 11x14.  Almost ready to go home...

Once I paint the background, I bond with the animal by painting the eyes and surrounding features.  To me, this is the most important part of the painting.  If I can connect with the soul of the dog, and the eyes ARE the windows to our souls, then I can complete the pa...

I always try to paint the background of my portraits prior to jumping into the actual animal.  I find this important because we want the background to be just what it is, the grounding for the back of the painting.  If you attempt to add the background as a later thoug...