Showing 3 posts tagged with "cats"
Lets revive this place a little. Its been quite a few moons since I last posted and yet my stats tell me that people still occasionally visit this blog, for which I am grateful. Perhaps they wind up here by accident but I know I'd rather stumble onto a live blog than a dead one. So for the sake of those people, and perhaps for those that miss us I figured I'd throw in an update :)
As usual - i've been busy! School, work, a lot of dog shows, and a little painting here and there.
I put two new shells into my shop just today. Here we've got two boys hiding behind masks. Or maybe they're girls, that's really up to the buyer to decide.
Here we have a Rhodesian Ridgeback, a sighthound from Africa that was once used for lion hunting, as the story goes. Man you guys should see how intense Ridgebacks are on the lure coursing field, its amazing. i like this breed a lot.
And here we have a Bullmastiff. Now most of the bullmastiffs I've met have been mushy fools, but my understanding is that they will protect their family with whatever means necessary if the need ever arises.
Oh here's a fun one, I painted a custom kitty not too long ago! Okay it was long ago, but I never blogged Java:
Java is an abyssinian, a beautiful slender red cat with huge jade-colored eyes. He is unfortunately no longer with us and I hope this shell portrait will bring Java's human fond memories.
Oh you guys know what else I did? I painted 20 Jack Russells over the summer. Twenty!
That's a bunch in progress.
Here's one of the finished JRTs:
You can have a look at the whole set, if you'd like. Why on earth did i paint twenty of these guys? They are for the Gulf Coast Jack Russell Terrier Network!
But enough about stuff for others, I've also been busy taking pictures of the skinny boys. Life as muses is demanding stuff!
As usual - i've been busy! School, work, a lot of dog shows, and a little painting here and there.
I put two new shells into my shop just today. Here we've got two boys hiding behind masks. Or maybe they're girls, that's really up to the buyer to decide.
Here we have a Rhodesian Ridgeback, a sighthound from Africa that was once used for lion hunting, as the story goes. Man you guys should see how intense Ridgebacks are on the lure coursing field, its amazing. i like this breed a lot.
And here we have a Bullmastiff. Now most of the bullmastiffs I've met have been mushy fools, but my understanding is that they will protect their family with whatever means necessary if the need ever arises.
Oh here's a fun one, I painted a custom kitty not too long ago! Okay it was long ago, but I never blogged Java:
Java is an abyssinian, a beautiful slender red cat with huge jade-colored eyes. He is unfortunately no longer with us and I hope this shell portrait will bring Java's human fond memories.
Oh you guys know what else I did? I painted 20 Jack Russells over the summer. Twenty!
That's a bunch in progress.
Here's one of the finished JRTs:
You can have a look at the whole set, if you'd like. Why on earth did i paint twenty of these guys? They are for the Gulf Coast Jack Russell Terrier Network!
But enough about stuff for others, I've also been busy taking pictures of the skinny boys. Life as muses is demanding stuff!
So, how are we spending our winter?
oh y'know... desperately waiting for decent weather to return. Desperately. Look at this desperate face...
Soaking any bits of light that come through the window.
To the point where it gets a little pathetic. Irresistably cute. But pathetic.
Plotting to steal the cat food for sport. Props for devouring it all and not getting caught. Hmm...
These feet, they need to run... But they dont want to touch anything too cold.
sigh.
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By the way, if anyone is curious, Anton is feeling much better! His nail is even starting to grow back. All is on its way back to normal.
oh y'know... desperately waiting for decent weather to return. Desperately. Look at this desperate face...
Soaking any bits of light that come through the window.
To the point where it gets a little pathetic. Irresistably cute. But pathetic.
Plotting to steal the cat food for sport. Props for devouring it all and not getting caught. Hmm...
These feet, they need to run... But they dont want to touch anything too cold.
sigh.
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By the way, if anyone is curious, Anton is feeling much better! His nail is even starting to grow back. All is on its way back to normal.
So I hope 2009 has taken a good start for everyone. Its been a little difficult here.
One of the reasons is that Anton has a booboo. Yes, a booboo. He broke one of his nails all the way down to the quick. And he hasn't told anyone so by the time i saw it by randomly trying to cut his nails and seeing a big gaping hole where a nail should have been, it had enough time to get infected. So he's had a hefty dose of antibiotics and a bandaged foot.
He's being very dramatic about it. Like he'll be totally fine but the moment he sees someone looking at him he'll start limping. He's been on antibiotics for a couple of days now and I've been bandaging on and off. We'll be checking progress officially with the vet today.
I also have some new creations. The first I bring to you is a custom portrait of Mickey the mini schnauzer...
He is one of my favorite clients at the grooming shop. I've been grooming him for almost four years now, and he's been one of my favorites since the beginning. He is now a sweet, older gentleman. It was an honour to paint him :)
That's Mickey in real life.
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Last but not least I've got two new shells in my shop that I haven't yet mentioned here. My most recent addition is this Weimaraner:
I just love how silly he looks - sort of like a teenage pup going through an awkward growth stage. Where their ears are huge and their legs are long and they don't know what to do with themselves to coordinate. I'm sure this funny pup will grow into a very handsome adult some day.
The second shell I've got listed is an Australian Cattle Dog. They've got the coolest mottled coats, these dogs. Very smart, trainable and full of energy.
Both shells above are available in my shop, ShellVergel!
One of the reasons is that Anton has a booboo. Yes, a booboo. He broke one of his nails all the way down to the quick. And he hasn't told anyone so by the time i saw it by randomly trying to cut his nails and seeing a big gaping hole where a nail should have been, it had enough time to get infected. So he's had a hefty dose of antibiotics and a bandaged foot.
He's being very dramatic about it. Like he'll be totally fine but the moment he sees someone looking at him he'll start limping. He's been on antibiotics for a couple of days now and I've been bandaging on and off. We'll be checking progress officially with the vet today.
I also have some new creations. The first I bring to you is a custom portrait of Mickey the mini schnauzer...
He is one of my favorite clients at the grooming shop. I've been grooming him for almost four years now, and he's been one of my favorites since the beginning. He is now a sweet, older gentleman. It was an honour to paint him :)
That's Mickey in real life.
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Last but not least I've got two new shells in my shop that I haven't yet mentioned here. My most recent addition is this Weimaraner:
I just love how silly he looks - sort of like a teenage pup going through an awkward growth stage. Where their ears are huge and their legs are long and they don't know what to do with themselves to coordinate. I'm sure this funny pup will grow into a very handsome adult some day.
The second shell I've got listed is an Australian Cattle Dog. They've got the coolest mottled coats, these dogs. Very smart, trainable and full of energy.
Both shells above are available in my shop, ShellVergel!
