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."

Brandie<br />
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I put the 'Scotchie' English Setter painting on hold until finishing a portrait of our Black Lab 'Brandie'. We lost her to lymphoma two weeks ago. She was just 9 years old and Scotchie's adopted sister. As we took her in for her regular 6 month checkup she was having trouble breathing. Tests showed she had advance lymphoma. <br />
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After a week of prednisone, and scouring the internet for more holistic choices, she couldn't hold on any longer. I'm giving dog owners the name of another dog lover who faced the same decisions and compiled a book claiming he was able to sustain his companion for over a year with alternate treatments. <br />
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We miss her so much, but hope that perhaps this information may help someone else in time. We didn't have a chance to find out. Contact Ted Schneck: ted@curing-canine-cancer.com <br />
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Note: Brandie's favorite things are in the painting. She loved water, chasing bugs and small critters and she loved her Scotchie.<br />
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Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

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Brandie

I put the 'Scotchie' English Setter painting on hold until finishing a portrait of our Black Lab 'Brandie'. We lost her to lymphoma two weeks ago. She was just 9 years old and Scotchie's adopted sister. As we took her in for her regular 6 month checkup she was having trouble breathing. Tests showed she had advance lymphoma.

After a week of prednisone, and scouring the internet for more holistic choices, she couldn't hold on any longer. I'm giving dog owners the name of another dog lover who faced the same decisions and compiled a book claiming he was able to sustain his companion for over a year with alternate treatments.

We miss her so much, but hope that perhaps this information may help someone else in time. We didn't have a chance to find out. Contact Ted Schneck: ted@curing-canine-cancer.com

Note: Brandie's favorite things are in the painting. She loved water, chasing bugs and small critters and she loved her Scotchie.

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

'Dog Portrait'Brandie