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Working on a portrait of Titan for Alicia McCarthy. You may remember when I worked on the beautiful memorial portrait of Wishes for Alicia last year. While we were still in the beginning design stages, Titan passed away unexpectedly. For a while Alicia asked me to switch direction and we began looking for photos to include Titan in the same portrait. But Alicia and Joe made the decision that Titan deserved his own portrait. His personality is completely different than the sof

I'm starting a new portrait, of Titan for Alicia McCarthy. This portrait has a very touching story to it. I’ll share that with you soon.  Titan’s portrait will be more than just a head study, as you will see. I’m working on “Sky Grey” Canson paper. A beautiful paper that has little flecks and fibers in it. I like using that for a portrait on a plain-color background, it lends interest to an otherwise plain, flat background color.  ❤️  Portrait of “Titan”, 16 x 20 inches. Comm

It's always a fun surprise when I see my own art pop up unexpectedly. I received a notecard from my long time Doberman friend Gabi. It was this pen-and-ink portrait notecard of her boy Rexi that I drew back in the late 1990's or early 2000's.  I’m a Doberman artist, recognized across the U.S. and Canada for my Doberman art since 1991. I work mostly in full color, but throughout the 1990’s I created many Doberman pen-and-inks that were reproduced on apparel, notecards, station

🎁 Happy Holidays! 🎁  Here's my Holiday greeting to you. THE STORY BEHIND THE ART I created the pen-and-ink artwork for this card in the 1980’s. The model was a little ground squirrel that my partner and I met on a hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon who had mastered the art of begging treats from tourists. I took a number of photos of it and later used those photos to create the design of the squirrel receiving a gift from a bird.  That was before the days of personal c

You may remember my triple portrait of the talented “Scout” that I finished in October... I suggested to Annette having me create a custom Christmas card from Scout’s portrait, and she agreed. Using Photoshop I added Holiday elements to each of the 3 depictions of Scout in the portrait. I sent Annette several variations to choose from, pointing out that the design was rather busy. But it was so festive and fun neither of us could resist! Annette wrote: “I am so pleased with m