I was going for Baby Yoda with the big eyes and ears, but I think instead I got something more like Margaret Keane's Big Eyes meets Pinky and the Brain. Still cute, but more evil. I like it. I have a few

Around Christmas time, there's a spike in articles about why it's not always a jolly time for everybody. At least half my friends shoot out reminders that you don't NEED to involve yourself in toxic family

I help out with a little guy these days. It's one of the things that's been keeping me busy the last few months. Any of you readers out there who know young kids, is that many of them have a long fart-joke

You're seeing it here first. It's a Christmas gift for Mikey's mother, whose dog is very very old now. Poor little love bug is in the twilight of her life with heart problems and only one tooth left in

This piece is from my first series, back in 2013. Humanimals. I had people tell me which animal they wanted me to fuse them with, and I painted their portraits as that animal. I sold a few back then, and

Every year, for the past four years around this time, I dedicate myself to one "trade" painting commission. I generally make a post in a special interest group called PALZ on Facebook, which

Only a few weeks left for me to be working on this dog series. I'm really enjoying it, but I'm also really looking forward to moving onto the next project, my upcoming solo exhibition in April next year.

I posted the other day about my week of good fortune. It wasn't over! After I posted about my show, and the sale, and the person in my audience eating lunch underneath this piece, then reaching out to

For those who haven't read my past couple blog entries here, the past month has been a tumultuous mess of a major flood in my home, dealing with our landlords to fix the situation, and a string of bizarre

This doggy model was given to me by a highschool friend and fellow alumnus. I think the pup here is a Yorkie. We (my friend and I) were pretty close in grade 9, and this would appeal to her sense of humour

I'm really happy with this. It's a recreation of an 1800's painting by an unnamed artist, but with a dog holding a stick instead of a noble with a gun. I've done this many times, borrow classic works to

Much uplifted since the flood, though there is still plenty of work to do, here's my newest. And some history. I'm a fan of What We Do in the Shadows. In this parody piece here, I've taken one of the famous

Oh boy. It's been a pinch. I've been busy painting, but there has been some action here. On Thanksgiving Sunday, at 11PM, the heating water main in our bedroom exploded, sending an incredible amount of

Another one! Mooooore dogs! More coming, too. I think I can manage one more before the hanging deadline. Still going to try to get through most of the photos I picked from what was sent to me by dog-owner

I keep promising a skunk romance, and I keep delivering other things instead! I swear it'll happen. I just keep changing my mind about the scenario for the skunk/dog piece. It has to be just right. But

This one happened quickly! I had said in the previous post that I was going to do the romance novel cover piece with a dog and skunk, but I messed up some compositional components, and couldn't find photo

My set-up date for my upcoming show at the Black Lab Brewery is coming up in a little over a week. I might be able to squeeze one more dog portrait in before that date. Fingers crossed! I have a funny

Coming up pretty soon, I'm getting a show at the Black Lab Brewery, and I was asked to produce at least a few dog portraits of some kind or other. I reached out to my dog-parent friends for use of their

I've had so many side jobs the past while, I've only finally finished. It doesn't end here, either. Tonight, I've got a meeting to negotiate an art show at the Black Dog Brewery, which is a growing craft

The background is now, I'd say, three fifths completed, up from just blocked in the other day. I worked well into the night to get to this point. At least three movies and two episodes of "Idiotest"