sweet Koko

Sweet little Koko. She loves her toys but really loves her human... they're practically inseparable- except when she's posing for pictures...

I'm teaching!

I'll be teaching an 'Oil Painting for Beginners' class! Still a few spots left... Click on photo for info.

Sweet and devoted

the latest addition to the pet portfolio- Lola and Spencer are absolutely devoted to their human. He felt it would be appropriate to place them in an outdoor setting. I created the leaves by making linocuts and then individually painting them different colours before I 'printed' them on the wood panel.

Christmas Commissions

This is Joey. She is an adorable little girl posing in her autumn best.

Oskar is a Coton. He was a perfect little gentleman and posed for me without complaint (despite his human's expectations). :) He is standing on his favourite rug and blanket.

This is Marty. He's part Chow and has these great dark streaks on his tongue. Marty was a rescue and that bandana travelled with him from the southern American state where he was found. His new Toronto family travelled all the way down there to bring him home!

This is Checkers. He was a gentle and devoted Newfoundlander that died suddenly and broke his family's hearts. I'm so glad I had a great photo of him that I could base this painting on... the pose summed up Checkers' easy going nature perfectly.

Charlie is a gorgeous and charming Brittany Spaniel. You'd never know from his puppy-like demeanor that he's quite old.

A special birthday present

These three dogs belong to a wonderful family that famously shares it's home with any number of animals at any given time. These paintings were a surprise gift for their Mom.
Jasper, Cedric and Oliver are the current family dogs. We decided to represent each dog separately while keeping the format consistent in order to allow for different hanging strategies and an easy context for adding more portraits if they choose to.















Jasper



















Oliver




















Cedric