Meet Rosie!

"Rosie"
10" x 11" acrylic on canvas

Here's my newest dog commission...Miss Rosie (aka Batgirl). She's the sweetest, goofiest Lab with a tiny obsession for balls.

This quote reminds me of her...and all Labs in general!...

"I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. They had little pictures of cats on them. Then I took one out and he ran around in circles." ~Stephen Wright

Hope you all had a good St. Patrick's Day! Maisie is enjoying some leftover corned beef. She deserved some...being an O'Neill and all!

Spring has sprung

"First Signs of Spring"

8" x 8" x 1.5" acrylic, collage, ink on canvas
available in my Etsy shop here

I'm feelin' a little spring here in Colorado...it's 74 degrees today! Some green is starting to return to the lawn, the iris bulbs are popping up and James and I started preparing the soil in our vegetable garden yesterday. Now I know winter isn't over here yet...but I think I'll ignore that right now and continue on my merry spring way.

I was over at Wendy Crumbley's 2DogStudio blog the other day and saw a couple of things I wanted to share with you. First, check out this wonderful painting she did titled, "Bath Time". Besides the fact that it's a beautiful painting...her use of texture is just awesome!

"Bath Time" by Wendy Crumbley

Wendy also finds the most wonderful dog quotes...and this one reminds me of how I feel about Maisie...

"My sunshine doesn't come from the skies,

it comes from the love in my dog's eyes." ~unknown

Thanks for your inspiration, Wendy!

Loving a dog...

...is one of the best things in the world. Here are a few shots of my studio partner...doing some of her favorite daily things that always make me smile.

Protecting the yard from vicious bunnies

Enjoying a Fall day while surveying her domain

Trying to get my attention by looking cute

On fly catching duty in the studio

"If you can look at a dog and not feel vicarious excitement and affection, you must be a cat ~Author Unknown

Painting and Prozac!

"Inner Circle" #3

6" x 7" acrylic and collage on canvas
available in my Etsy shop here

Interesting blog title you say? Well, let me explain...the above is another installment of the Inner Circle Series I've been working on. It's morphing and I'm not sure where the heck it's going...but that's part of the fun!

The Prozac part is about a new book I'm going to get..."Puppy Chow is Better than Prozac" by Bruce Goldstein. I saw it in the Sunday paper and it looks like a great read. The name alone makes me want to buy it. In a nutshell, it's about a very depressed Author who's saving grace is a new slobbering puppy that comes into his life...and actually ends up saving his life. You can get it here if you're interested.


"I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source." ~Doris Day

By the way...Happy first day of Spring! It's about dang time!

Spooning

"Spoon"
6" x 6" acrylic and collage on canvas
available in my Etsy shop here

I can't believe I've let another week go by without posting. Geez! These last seven weeks with Maisie in her cast have been sort of surreal. Seems as though all my energy is going into her right now and my creative drive has taken a beating. I know it will all be worth it in the end...and I will have learned another cosmic lesson in patience. All I can say is that James and I will be bringing a bottle of champagne with us when we take this dang cast off next week! Seven days to go and counting!

What IS amazing at this point is that even though Maisie has driven me half crazy, chewed holes in most of my clothes and taken all my time and energy...I love her even more. This accident prone, goofy, silly, high strung dog has dug her way right down to the core of my heart.

"All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all." ~Helen Hayes