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Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here…

Welcome to my introductory personal blog. I’m so excited to have a website, even if it is something I need to learn how to maintain. I have to give a shout out to my beloved husband Chris, and his partner Jon, who built the site for me. I tend to shy away from all things [...]

Seasons Change…

(Pastel 9 x 12)

Today’s the beginning of a new season: The season of returning to school; to routines and early bedtimes; to homework (ugh!) and endless streams of notifications, adding to my already jammed mind cluttered by information overload! Last week was really hard. Each day was spent, taking the kids to sporting activities, back-to-school shopping, birthday parties [...]

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Dallas Pet Portrait Artist-Dog and Cat Paintings

(Pastel 14 x17)

As an artist, painting dogs and cats with their owners is a love of mine. I also enjoy owners who unravel their framed art to reveal a painted portrait of their beloved companions, like dogs, cats, horses, birds —even rats and guinea pigs. (But not all in the same painting!) The bond between human and [...]

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Pushing paint in Spokane, WA

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I’m in Spokane for a couple weeks. I’m up here painting with Leslie Harrison. We’re working on some big cats of the lioness-type. Oh how we were frustrated working on the ears! But we’re having a nice time. It’s also very beautiful here. I took this pretty sunset with my iPhone. Next week we’ll be [...]

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This new artist and new web site from Dallas Ft. Worth

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This is the new site. Actually, I am really happy with it – excited about it’s potential – a little apprehensive about the commission work. Chris and his new partner Jon did some nice work. I think it was a true labor of love. With a self-managed site like this, there is a lot of [...]

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Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here…

(Pastel 9 x 12)

Welcome to my introductory personal blog. I’m so excited to have a website, even if it is something I need to learn how to maintain. I have to give a shout out to my beloved husband Chris, and his partner Jon, who built the site for me. I tend to shy away from all things [...]

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