Black Eared Tile

"Black Ear"

6.5"x6.5" image transfer on ceramic tile
$35 plus $10 shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

So here's one of the first image transfer pieces my wife and I created. We did it using a laser decal of a drawing I had done. The image is transfered onto a glaze fired tile and then put back into the kiln for a third firing. This firing reaches 1745 degrees and burns the toner of the decal into the clay.

This piece can be hung on the wall or used as a trivet.

We'll be making more of these for sure because it a fun way for us to work together.
Bri-

Bellina Update

"Bellina in Clover"
(in progress)
5x7 acrylic on canvas
$150 plus $10 for shipping in the US
SOLD


So I just got back from the Best Friends of Baker Fund Raiser. What a fun event, and it was nice to see so many people out who care about the animals of this town. I was glad to be part of it.

Bellina is coming along nicely if I do say so myself. She looks more like she belongs in the Swiss Alps than on a cattle ranch in Baker County now.

I thought I would have finished up today, but I spent a large portion of the day working on graphics with my wife for some pottery. I'll have some more dog tiles and mugs to show and sell soon. So stay tuned for those. They should be out of the kiln tomorrow morning. YEAH!

Bri-

Bellina in Clover

"Bellina in Clover"
(in progress)
5x7 acrylic on canvas
$150 plus $10 for shipping in the US
SOLD

Bellina the Burmese Mountain Dog is seated in a beautiful field of clover. I'm just getting started on her and I see somethings that need a little changing already.

One of the things I like best is when I'm looking directly into the eyes of a dog. So much so that, I often mistakenly shift the angle of the photo I'm working from. When the photo is from above the dog is when it happens the most. Right now she looks more like a Border Collie than a Mountain Dog.

I know that's one of the reasons I love paint more than pencil, because I can erase with it in a way that allows me to keep the parts I'm happy with while doing away with those I don't like.

One of the reasons I do the coffee hounds, besides the fact they're so fun, is to improve my efficiency. They are more an exercise in gesture and form than realism. Something all artists struggle with, some more than others. I'm the kind that struggles with it.

More coffee hounds soon I promise.

Bri-

Dalmatian Tile

"Dalmatian"

6.5 x 6.5 ceramic tile
$35 plus $10 for shipping in the US
SOLD

This piece I created with my wife Corrine, who is a talented potter.

I wanted to do something that mainly used the spots of a dalmatian to suggest it's body posture. Because it lacked the proper spots on the front legs and tail, I had to use lines. I really liked the way this turned out. It will also be available at the Best Friends of Baker fund raiser on Friday night. Hope to see you there.

Bri-

Tigger and the Squeaky-Final

"Tigger and the Squeaky"

6x6 acrylic on canvas
$125 plus $5 for shipping in the US
SOLD

This is the finished piece that will be part of a fund raiser for Best Friends of Baker. Tigger is one of their adoptable dogs at the moment and the sale of this painting will help Best Friends to continue the great work they do on behalf of abandoned animals.

So if this painting is bought before Friday nights fund raising at $125 all that money will go to Best Friends. If you wait till Friday it could go for more than that at auction. No matter what the money will go to a great cause. Thanks.
Bri-

"Tigger and the Squeaky"

"Tigger and the Squeaky"
(in progress)
6x6 acrylic on canvas
$125 plus $5 for shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

100% of the sale price of this painting will go to Best Friends of Baker.
They're holding a fund raiser this Friday here in Baker City at Mad Matilda's from 5-7 PM

So if you buy it now you'll be helping to raise needed funds for their work on behalf of abandoned animals here in Baker County. Plus, if you wait till Friday you might spend more on it at auction. Just a thought.

Tigger is also available for adoption. Let me tell you he's a great little guy and loves to play fetch.

Bri-

CBGB's Bettini

"CBGB's Bettini"
(in progress)
18x24 acrylic on canvas
SOLD

I've started using the Open Acrylic made by Golden Paint. Just like everyone I've talked to about it has told me, it takes getting used too. Like every medium. I've been mixing it with their regular acrylic products so I'm not experiencing the full capabilities of it yet.

One thing I've found is that it turns out more glossy than I'm used too. Could cause a strange finished product if used unwisely.

Bri-

Ray of Hope

"Ray of Hope"

6x6 acrylic on canvas
$125 plus $5 shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

What a great day Tuesday was for America and the world.

On Nov. 5th it seemed to me like a new world already. For the first time in my life I ran out of gas. It's a long story as to how it happened, so here's how it ended up.

My wife and I didn't even have to wait for help. The moment our VW lost power I was able to pull to the bottom of an off ramp just outside Portland. A man who worked at an auto repair place pulled off behind us and gave us a lift to a gas station and then drove us back to the van. 15 minutes or less and we were back on the road to Baker.

I believe that if people are the change they wish to see in the world, there will be true meaning to the words President Obama speaks.

Now to this painting. Our dog Bettini, like many dogs, loves to lie in the sun no matter how small that ray of sunshine is. This is the view from our kitchen into my studio. Sometimes the sunlight is only on the door frame on the inside the studio, so she sits eyes closed against the wall, just so she can bask in the light.

Bri-

Kiely Coffee

"Kiely Coffee"

6x9 coffee and ink on paper
$25 unframed $5 for shipping in the US
SOLD

I've had the pleasure of painting Kiely before. She and her sister Ruby have been the subjects of some of my favorite paintings. You can see the painting of Ruby by picking up a copy of the Dec. issue of Oregon Home magazine. The image is missing from the on-line article unfortunately.


Bri-