On The Easel

"Currently I’m working on a hunting dog scene with my hero ‘Scotchie’. He’s an eleven year old English Setter with grouse hunting in his blood. He was born with a loving soul, is a master manipulator when it comes to wanting something, and a natural born healer to anyone needing TLC. It’s amazing how he can be so tenacious when on the scent of a bird and then be such a sweet animal back home. He’s one of a kind, an all around ‘vocal’ character. We’re thankful to be part of his family.
The background of the painting is a composite of reference photographs I shot in Pennsylvanian woodlands. The grouse were researched by accompanying an avid outdoorsman during his grouse hunts, studying grouse mounted by taxidermists, and perusing books by Frank Woolner, Ned Smith and Gordon Gullion."

Gus and Yia Yia's<br />
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I begin to add more color to the canvas and am rethinking about keeping it strictly like an old time photo.<br />
Did I mention that I am also related to Gus and Yia Yia? Gussy is my cousin.<br />
The commission work was requested by my Aunt who remembers the many good times they had as children and visiting the popcorn stand in Pittsburgh.<br />
With the umbrella being such a colorful symbol and draw to people passing by, I've decided to just keep adding the color (which I'm half making up and half using photos from other sources).<br />
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

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Gus and Yia Yia's

I begin to add more color to the canvas and am rethinking about keeping it strictly like an old time photo.
Did I mention that I am also related to Gus and Yia Yia? Gussy is my cousin.
The commission work was requested by my Aunt who remembers the many good times they had as children and visiting the popcorn stand in Pittsburgh.
With the umbrella being such a colorful symbol and draw to people passing by, I've decided to just keep adding the color (which I'm half making up and half using photos from other sources).

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas