Let sleeping Coffee Hounds lie...

"Let Sleeping Coffee Hounds Lie"

9x6 coffee and ink on paper
SOLD

Here's a commission I just finished tonight. I think I have the one dog a little high on the paper, but if necessary I'll happily redo it.

That's one thing I love about the Coffee Hound paintings is they go so quickly. If I frame it wrong it won't take me much time to redo. I've only redone a few, and it was because I wanted too, not because a client wasn't happy. Us artists are so particular.

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Two more and one more to go...

"Truck-O-Puppies"
7x5 acrylic on canvas
$125.00 unframed plus $5 for shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

Yeah! I'm finally back to work in the studio. I didn't work as long as I would have liked but I really like the progress I made today.

Stay tuned for more progress this week.

Bri-

Truck with some puppies...

"Truck-O-Puppies"
7x5 acrylic on canvas
$125.00 unframed plus $5 for shipping in the US
Email:dogbri@q.com to purchase

Here's a painting I start last week, but haven't touched because of our wonderful house guests, Phil and Margaret. They're making their way to San Fransisco now, and I'll be finishing this one up soon.

Today, however, I'll be in the pottery studio finishing up some mugs for clients and ski mugs for Anthony Lakes.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Bri-

Done?

"Lakeside Assata"

10"x8" acrylic on canvas
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I think all that's needed is to finish the underside of the canvas and a signature.

We had a great time at CX Nats in Bend, not as much fun as Margaret and Phil, because they got to race, but it was awesome fun cheering them on. Margaret took 3rd and Phil took 9th.

I'm off to the Short Term Gallery now for a day of painting and carving mugs Corrine made.

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The distraction before the finish....

"Lakeside Assata"
(in progress)

10"x8" acrylic on canvas
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I'm almost there, but life has stepped in front of progress. We have our friends Margaret and Phil visiting us on their way to Cyclocross Nationals and we haven't seen them in over four years now.

It's been great catching up with them and we even went for a training ride together today. It was a balmy 13 degrees out. Thankfully we were only out in it for an hour.

So this is my current progress on Assata, and once we return from Nationals I'll be straight to work on it and finish up. Just a little detail needs to be added to the hind leg and the bottom of the canvas needs to be finished.

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Little by little...

"Lakeside Assata"
(in progress)

10"x8" acrylic on canvas
SOLD

A little progress here and there. It's all coming along. Unfortunately I'll be at the mountain all day tomorrow and in the X-mas parade at night I won't get any work done. I will be having fun though.

Sunday, could be a very good day for painting.

Bri-

1 1/2 hours plus a little change...

"Lakeside Assata"
(in progress)

10"x8" acrylic on canvas
SOLD

Here's the most recent picture of progress on Assata. I'm busy balancing the things I need to do, the things I want to do, and the things I feel obligated to do, so I'm getting about an hour and a half of work done a day.

Today's painting was the most satisfying of all my energy used. Second was swimming. The physical activity makes it possible to do all the other stuff in my life. I think if I had found swimming earlier in life, I might be doing something else with myself, but since there are no time machines and this is the life I have, I split my energies in all sorts of ways.

So which of all of the activities that I do keeps me the most sane? I'll just say it depends on the day. Some days it's the endurance sports and others it's the creative outlets. It's a delicate balance. It's a wonder I maintain any sanity at all with all the volunteer stuff I find myself doing.

On to the painting now. I'm using a mixture of Golden Open and regular acrylic again. I love the way I'm able to blend the black with the blues and browns. This painting is turning out great.


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