Autumn - "Fast Prey"
š Fall is my favorite season. š In honor of Autumn, Iām sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40+ year career, over the next few...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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Shasta portrait in progress - start to finish
April 30 I'm starting a portrait of Shasta, an Australian Shepherd. Itās a gift from Diane Barnes to her son Takeshi. Takeshiās...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 23, 202423 min read
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Shasta portrait finished!
A little background about Shasta... Shasta is 11 years old. Her portrait was commissioned by Diane Barnes as a gift to her son Takeshi,...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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Briscoe portrait in progress - start to finish
March 10 Starting a portrait of Briscoe, a Border Collie and the heart dog of Gloria K. The first thing I saw when I began working on...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 14, 20242 min read
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Cooper portrait in progress - start to finish
April 2 I'm starting another portrait of a Doberman with a special story. Maura Reilly asked if she could get on my wait list for a...
Kevin Roeckl
Jun 12, 202410 min read
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Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Motherās Day to all the beautiful mothers. If you are a mother, this means ā¤ļøĀ YOU ā¤ļø āMother's Garden" Prismacolor pencil on...
Kevin Roeckl
May 12, 20241 min read
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Popeye portrait in progress - start to finish
February 17 Annie W. contacted me for a portrait of her three Dobermans but instead weāre starting on a portrait of her horse Popeye. I...
Kevin Roeckl
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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Briscoe portrait finished!
This is the 10th portrait Iāve done for this household since 1996. Two Border Collies, five Dobermans, two Old English Sheepdogs, and a...
Kevin Roeckl
Mar 31, 20241 min read
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Rare portrait in progress - start to finish
January 5 I'm starting a new grisaille portrait of red Doberman āRareā for Katie G. Grisaille (pronounced greez-EYE) is a single-color...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 30, 20244 min read
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Lacy portrait in progress - start to finish
October 18 Started a new portrait of Lacy for Betty K. Here are 8 possible rough-draft layouts. Which is your favorite? Lacy loved the...
Kevin Roeckl
Jan 9, 202411 min read
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My Holiday Wish for you
Due to technical difficulties I was not able to publish this before Christmas! But it's just as relevant for a New Year's wish. My...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 27, 20231 min read
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"Peace On Earth" finished!
Full-color painting inspired by the pen-and-ink Christmas card I created in 1994. (SeeĀ previous post) The model for this artwork was my...
Kevin Roeckl
Dec 23, 20231 min read
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Baxter portrait in progress - start to finish
September 1 I started a new portrait of Baxter, who is 12 years old. Some interesting facts about Baxter: ā¤ļø His dad Brian has a...
Kevin Roeckl
Oct 14, 20236 min read
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Odie portrait in progress - start to finish
July 8 My next portrait is Odin (āOdie manā) for Robin B. As Robin was gathering photos and sending them to me, she kept saying, āHis...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 28, 202311 min read
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Baxter portrait finished!
I finished the portrait of Baxter for Brian C. and Frank A. While I was working on it Frank sent this cute story about Baxter: āI thought...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 24, 20231 min read
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Jet portrait in progress - start to finish
May 20 Iām starting a new Border Collie portrait. This will be the 3rd one Iāve done for Cathy N. Prismacolor pencil on "Felt Grey"...
Kevin Roeckl
Sep 2, 20238 min read
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Parker and Layla
A memory from 2013.... "Parker and Layla" portrait in progress. Many fans of my pet portraits don't know that I do humans too. I started...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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"Reflection"
Recently I shared the first Doberman painting I ever created, āSelf Portrait with Jake, 1991ā along with Jake's amazing life story. This...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 23, 20232 min read
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Odie portrait finished!
When Robin was sharing photos of Odie with me for the portrait, she kept saying, āHis eyes melt meā and āHis face melts my heartā. I...
Kevin Roeckl
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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A special memory of Louie
In 2021 I created a portrait of Louie for Dean J. in 2021. Today Dean sent this photo of the portrait with sad news about Louieās...
Kevin Roeckl
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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