Dog'n'lion.

8x10 done. (Tear stains around the eyes removed by patron's request.)

Wolf in progress.

18x24 Relaxation #7 in progress.

Of Wolf and Dogs (2)

The pup from today. (8x10, acrylic on board.) Still need to do detailing.

And the wolf progress.

Of Wolves and Dogs.

For the next couple of weeks, 'll be putting 3-5 hours a day into the Abingdon wolf for this year. This is the bugger so far. (The lower picture is taken a few hours after the top one.)

And another 8x10 pet portrait in progress.

Blah.

Okay.. all day I've been distracted as the dickens.
Began working on my Abingdon wolf yesterday.

And did a half-hour study with apple and peanuts, mainly for shits and giggles. And because I couldn't sit still between gessoing some large panels.

Friday

You are totally a freelancing artist.
You wake up, fix breakfast for yourself, lunch for hubby, and go out for coffee with a friend. Then you come home. Draw for an hour. Realize that you need to get hubby's meds refilled and a package dropped off. Go do that, which takes an hour. Come home and realize that laundry needs to be done. Draw for another couple of hours, all the while waiting to switch out/fold the laundry. Then go off to drop off a couple of paintings in a nearby gallery and pick up dry-cleaning. Then it's time to fix dinner.

Oh yeah. You are totally a freelancing artist and totally kick ass in the creative productivity department.

Above was written with a healthy measure of sarcasm.

Also, here's the sketches for the upcoming wolf.

Which will be painted on approximately $3/hr basis.

... You are a totally awesome freelancer artist and kick ass, don't forget.

New project.

Me: *Walking through the door* "Hey, hon! I just got myself into another project with no possibility of profit! :D"
Josh: *While stirring pasta sauce, and absent-mindedly* "Good, good.."

Anyway, here's a couple of coloring pages for promotion of Abingdon's Wolf project. It's a public art project to raise money for the program promoting Main street.

Finally finished with "The Raven and the Crow". Not-so-good picture, due to all too bright light this morning.

Aaand, retouched an oldie-but-goodie Salamander. All the stylized flowers occur in this area, though not all are wild.

Tale for the Cubs

Pictures taken by the wolf's new owner. :3

Wolf'n'Cub

A pair of sculptures I painted for a local public art project is going on display in Abingdon, Virginia this month.. "Tale for the Cubs" and "Harvest Cub", respectively.:3