Abstract catch up

We have been crazy busy and I was pretty surprised to see that almost 6 weeks had gone by since my last post!  Art classes, many commissions, shows...then it caught up with us around Thanksgiving and we both were zapped with some hacking, sore throat crud that we are still coming out from under!  But that's real life, whether you are an artist or a regular Joe :-)

Celebration of the Horse 12 x 24

Star Streams16 x 20

Heaven's Gate 16 x 20

Storm Watch 24 x 36

 4 of my abstracts sold recently and it was a lot of fun to see them go off with happy collectors :-) 

Now I am concentrating on my portraits and . delighted to have many to do!

I'll post completed, non-gift ones in the next few days. We have to be careful what goes up this time of year!

Pencil portraits for clients

Pencil portraits of client's dogs continue to be a big part of my art business. The clients love them! Simple, unique and affordable, they are either created singly or in groupings....like a collage. Some clients who have many dogs or perhaps work with rescue dogs will have me create a collage of 4 or 5 dogs and leave plenty of room to add others on!
The scroll work with the name is a big favorite!

Pastel Collage of girl and horse

This 20 x 20 " pastel collage of Jennifer and her late horse, Bernie was fun to do! I pretty much had free choice in the photo selection as Bernie had passed away the previous year and Jennifer referred me to her Facebook albums. So although Bernie was a talented jumper, he and Jen were also pals and that is what I wanted to convey!
This is the second portrait I have created for Jennifer. And although it was not a surprise to her, it IS her Christmas present courtesy of her generous aunt!

Saddlebred Horse show at Blowing Rock NC

It's been fun creating a collage for the both the Hunter Jumper and Saddlebred portions of the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show held each year in the incredibly beautiful location in the NC mountains of...Blowing Rock! The show has been an annual event for many, many years and we enjoy being there for the activities. OK, maybe the climate has something to do with that too!
I have completed the Saddlebred collage which will be auctioned off at this year's event and also used for the T-shirts. The Hunter Jumper collage that I am creating will be for next year's show. They are held in the same location but on different days. This pastel is 18 x 24 in size.