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I have a lot of art hanging in my house, and most of it is my own. I have looked at it for so long I don't really notice it any more. But every once in a while it catches my attention and I think, “That's a really nice piece!" I was getting ready for bed and I suddenly noticed this one on my bedroom wall. A small experimental artwork of a yellow rose, with gold leaf catching the light.  HOW IT WAS MADE: The rose was created with Prismacolor pencils on “Bisque" Canson paper, t

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

Yesterday I had a debate on my Facebook page with Michael Joseph about whether copying a reference photo but changing things...

Prismacolor pencil on “Light Blue” Canson paper. In this piece I used the paper color as the primary color for the artwork. The sky is...

Last Sunday I shared this as a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting on social media. I thought you'd enjoy seeing the image on the full sheet of...

I want to share this sweet portrait of “Breeze” I created in the late 1990’s.  This is an example of a simple background scene being...

🍁 In honor of Fall, my favorite season, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. “Autumn Angel”.... the angel that spreads...

🍁 In honor of Fall, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. This is a commissioned portrait of Lakey. Of course it made...

🍁 To celebrate Fall, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. Last week I shared my artwork of a Doberman splashing through a...

🍁 In honor of Fall, I’ve been sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career. ...And finally we get to the Doberman autumn pic for all...

🍁 In honor of Fall, my favorite season 🍁  I’m sharing autumn artworks from my 40-year career, over the next few weeks. Usually I add...

🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40+ year career, over the next few...

🍁 Fall is my favorite season. 🍁 In honor of Autumn, I’m going to be sharing autumn artworks from my entire 40 year career, over the...

Recently I shared the first two Doberman paintings I ever did, inspired by my beautiful Jake. “Dash Away” is the third. Unlike those...

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...

Recently I shared the first Doberman painting I ever created, “Self Portrait with Jake, 1991” along with Jake's amazing life story. This...

I promised I would share some of my earlier art. This is the very first Doberman painting I ever did. “Self Portrait with Jake, 1991”....

Ashley Skura shared a beautiful photo of her Dobergirl in a Doberman Group on Facebook when someone asked for examples of beautiful Dobe...

Two weeks ago I shared my portrait of red Border Collie “Reeve”, the 13th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Sheila Conant. Here are...