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."

Painting with Autumn Colors<br />
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I start with painting a glow at the far hillsides, and add my woodland and its creatures as I come to the foreground. I'll be making a change to the composition by adding our black lab Brandie as a final tribute to her. She did have a knack for bounding onto the scene just in time to scatter the wildlife. <br />
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

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Painting with Autumn Colors

I start with painting a glow at the far hillsides, and add my woodland and its creatures as I come to the foreground. I'll be making a change to the composition by adding our black lab Brandie as a final tribute to her. She did have a knack for bounding onto the scene just in time to scatter the wildlife.

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas