Pet Portraits

So lately it seems that I have become a pet portrait artist! LOL I have done a few in the past in watercolor and on porcelain but lately I've had a run of commission work.....so check out a few.

This one was done for someone who didn't have a King Charles Spaniel but liked them...I found a photograph of one of these animals online and used it for my study

.This one was done for a friend who's dog had to be put to sleep. She had his ashes in a box and wanted to have his portrait to be mounted on it. I also did one for my cousin. She wanted her cat's portrait put on a porcelain urn into which she wanted to put his ashes. Sure enough I found a porcelain urn and painted it for her but I don't have a photo of that one.

Then just a couple of weeks ago someone wanted me to do a plate of their son's girlfriend's cat. The photo was not very sharp. It was a bit blurred but I did the best I could with it. She seemed to like it alot. So much so that she has asked me to do another one of her cat. So I'm guessing that I will be doing more pet portraits. :)

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cRaZy Dreams

What's with me? Lately I have had the craziest dreams. I used to have crazy dreams but then they went away or I couldn't remember them. Well the other night I had a crazy one and last night, here we go again.

I somehow got a new pet. A chicken. Now it wasn't a cute little chick like the one in my ACEO. NO it was a full grown chicken! Big and YELLOW. And it was running around my house. Then I noticed a few spots on the carpet. So I put the chicken in a diaper. She was having a grand ole time.

A good little pet. She even talked. She told me she couldn't call me Momma because she already had a chicken Momma. My nickname is Momma Jo so I'm guessing I must have had that on my mind. Not sure why the chicken although my brother did made grilled chicken last night on the grill at my parents and I went over there for dinner. Maybe I was having pangs of guilt. The dream ended when I didn't have another diaper and I was trying to get my husband to go to the store to buy a box of diapers......how crazy is that? Tell me your crazy dreams!