Monday, November 19, 2012

Gracious Gretchen

"Gretchen"
20x16 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

I've been painting but was not satisfied with anything that I thought was post worthy.  How excited was I when I learned a winner of my donated pet portrait for my local SPCA's fundraising auction contacted me with an adorable furry family member to paint.  The winner is going to make this a present and asked if I could make it larger than the size she won for the auction.  We agreed the 20x16 was going to make a wonderful gift.  I decided to use a head shot from one photo and the body pose from another.  I smiled through out the whole painting process because who wouldn't love this adorable pooch!

9 comments:

Linny D. Vine said...

Gretchen is all furry fun, Sheila!
Your collector will love your painting!!

Linny D. Vine said...

Gretchen is all furry fun, Sheila!
Your collector will love your painting!!

Dewberry Fine Art said...

Too cute. You handled all that fun fur so well. Love it.

Dean H. said...

Gretchen is beautiful, Sheila! It's been a while sinc I last saw you...I love how your style has evolved!!

Diane Hoeptner said...

Fantastic! Love all the swirly fur and textures.

Dean H. said...

A beautiful job, Sheila!! Love the happy looking background too!

Lokelani Forrest said...

I lost your blog for a while, glad to have refound you. Love your little puppy - so precious.

Mary said...

What a fine job you did on Gretchen, Sheila! Absolutely irresistible!

Dean H. said...

I love how your style has evolved, Sheila!! This is beautiful!!