Newest Horse portrait

This is a colored pencil painting of a young Tennessee Walking Horse named Dublin. Her coat, though appearing to be black, has undertones of reds and browns. It is very difficult to marry the cool blue highlights with warm mid tones. I nearly tore my hair out, not to mention the canvas surface trying to get it right, but learned a lot working on this piece.

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Teeth wins award!

"Teeth" wins an award and a bronze medal in the Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati (the oldest woman' s art club in the country,) 118th Annual Juried Exhibit.   I am proud to be a part of this beautiful show.  The exhibit will  be open April 14-17, April 21 - 24, April 28 - May1 from 1 - 4 pm., Mariemont Ohio.

Ears in the mail and on its way to International Animals in Art show

"Ears" was selected to be in the International Exhibition on Animals in Art hosted by Louisiana State university School of Veterinary Medicine. I'm very excited about this.  Out of 516 entries, only 75 were chosen. With any luck I'll be on the cover of JAVMA again. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 6:00pm in the LSU SVM Library.