These new pet portraits have to be my favorites right now. The customer asked for bright floral backgrounds to go against a light aqua wall and this is what I came up with:

This is Katie:

I love her aging whiskers:

This is Mya:

I love her big droopy eyes and big droopy jowls:

And this is Charlie

What a little mop he is! He reminds me of our Cricket:

All three finishes portraits in one place:

I recorded a time lapse of the whole painting process here:

Here are some other portraits I painted in the last year:

I finally finished up the final week of February Flowers at the end of February. I really liked have a prompt every day but I am also a little relieved to have free reign again. I might end up doing another prompt or challenge in April. 

Day 22: Abundant 

Day 23: Starts with an R 

For this painting I started with a textured surface created using Liquitex Modeling Paste Medium. The medium is applied liberally with a palette knife to cover the canvas and allowed to dry for about 24 hours before painting. 

Day 24: Pastel

Day 25: Frame

I used a second hand frame fore this piece and glued a wood panel surface into it before painting. 

Day 26: Pastel

Day 27: Park

Day 28: Garden

This painting is my own reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Garden at Arles.”

Below is the original version painted by Van Gogh in 1888. 

“This painting has a very decorative feel, and shows Van Gogh experimenting with the Pointillist theories of his friend Signac and of Seurat. He has used small, short brushstrokes, loaded with pure and brilliant colour in a very controlled manner.” –VincentVanGogh.org

Thanks so much for following along with this challenge. I hope some of you were inspired to make your own versions of each prompt!

I’ve just started to work on posting some longer painting time lapses on my newly updated Youtube Channel:

I’m embedding the new ones below.  Sienna is helping me edit them so I might just be able to do this!

I painted this wolf yesterday and I’m still working on the filming set up but I think it turned out okay for a first video…I do end up stepping out the way more once I finish drawing and start painting:

This is one of my favorite paintings to date. Right after the inauguration someone came in the store and asked, “You haven’t painted the Bernie Meme yet?” The challenge was accepted immediately. (Sometimes I can sit for hours trying to narrow down what to paint.) He sat in my window for about a week before selling and it made a lot of people laugh!

I think I’ll try to start filming as much as possible…at least you will see what I’m working on since I’m not really doing much writing these days. I think I was born to paint! 

I probably won’t post all the videos here so if you would like to get updates on all the videos that are posted you can click through to YouTube here and subscribe.

Thanks as always for your support and encouragement!