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Jake

by Linda Schweitzer on 6/17/2009 2:49:37 PM
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...Jake...

Oil on canvas - 6" x 6"

Isn't this the most endearing dog! Who could resist that tilted head and rolled eyes? He looks like a furry person who is about to say something! Jake is a golden doodle: golden retriever/poodle, and this is a commissioned portrait, which is to be a surprise gift to his human dad. I just hope his dad doesn't see this blog before Father's Day!

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Oscar, Upside Down

by Linda Schweitzer on 4/2/2009 3:46:24 PM
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...Oscar, Upside Down...
Oil on canvas - 6" x 6"

It has been so long since I've done a pet portrait that I had to learn how to do fur all over again. In fact, I've never done fur as fine and fuzzy as Oscar's. The fur seems to suck up the light and obscure the shadows, so it is a real effort to maintain the value pattern and give the form a 3-dimensional quality. Of course, the tabby markings don't help.

Oscar was not aware, when I bailed him out of the hoosegow, that his duties as studio cat would include modeling. But being a good sport, he decided to go along with it. This is a pose he strikes quite often, especially when he is about to be fed. He thinks this is a very successful painting, my best yet! He'll say anything for a tuna treat.

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Horses Grazing

by Linda Schweitzer on 3/25/2009 4:37:19 PM
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...Horses Grazing...
oil on canvas - 6" x 8"

I was reading that an artist should tell her viewers where the scene in a painting is located, but darn, I don't know where I was here... (Somewhere in Tucker Co., WV) And what's more, I didn't mind not knowing, because I do know that if I go a little further, there will be something I can identify on a map. And the people are friendly.
I sort of got carried away on this one, and put in more detail than usual, but all that detail was just so nice!

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White Faced Cow

by Linda Schweitzer on 3/12/2009 4:16:07 PM
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...White Faced Cow...
6" x 6" - oil on canvas

I saw this lovely lady while driving down Route 50 with a friend.

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