I started working on a new portrait series. I wanted to get away from the tight, exact, portraits and work on some that are a bit freer. These paintings took me about an hour to paint, whereas the friends and neighbors portraits took about a month to complete. These were so much fun to do. My friend gave me a book about genetic...
Mary and her best pal, Dixie. Oil painting on panel. I finished this painting of my neighbor, Mary and her dog, Dixie a couple of weeks ago. I met Mary on walks with Chloe. I would see her walking Dixie and we'd wave and say hello. Dixie was an old girl and she started to decline quite a bit. Sadly she passed away...
