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

Recent Works

This is Sammi. Many years ago, when Sammi's human was running a marathon in the States, the local Humane Society down there set up a booth and introduced a few dogs that needed homes. It was love at first sight and Sammi's new human called his wife and said "I've found our dog".



These two might look like Siamese cats but I suspect they're really small dogs in disguise. Especially Canella, the cat in the foreground... he'll come when called, perform for treats and is a sucker for attention. Chiquita just watches her brother with the royal distain of her breed- I guess she really is a feline.







Taffy is a cutie who lives in Vancouver. This painting needed to be small since it was going to be packed in luggage. I was only given one good photo of this dog to work from. Luckily it was ADORABLE.











These two paintings were done promotionally to be included in a number of local exhibitions over the season.



I'm not too sure he's happy about the pink.










His name is Blue. He is a Bluetick Coonhound. He howls because he is Blue.

The Gang

It's taken a while... this painting has finally found it's way to Edmonton and I'm finally free to share it with the world. Allow me to introduce the beautiful baby girl Brooklyn, and her older 'brothers' Jonas the dog and Ninja the cat. What a fun portrait of the kids...
I have to admit the photo quality of this painting is not exemplary but it's the best I could do considering the varnish and the bright summer light...
What a pleasure and honour it is to be part of this family's history and their time in Toronto.

Cool Chili

Chili the Australian Shepherd lived in the house next to our dog park for many years. I'm sure he thought of the park as his own front yard and of all of us 'visitors' as his friends. Although he and his family eventually moved away, his humans commissioned this image of Chili's joyous romp not only to celebrate his joie de vivre but also to commemorate the time spent in the neighbourhood. They will be missed by all.