As you know if you have checked out my portfolios and blog posts, I like to support local charities with special donations. Once again Larry Gekiere – Artist has donated a gift certificate good for $500 toward a custom oil painting to a great cause, the Kibble and Cocktails event.
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I have a bit of experience here at Larry Gekiere – Artist with different dog breeds, of course. One thing I know for sure is that dogs have personalities. And those personalities range from gentle and affectionate to boisterous and hilarious. If you have a dog in that latter category, you know exactly what I am talking about.
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This handsome young fellow is Brody, a two-year-old Water Spaniel. I was commissioned by some lovely grandparents to create a custom oil painting of this beloved friend and companion as a gift for their daughter and their grandson.
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Tis the season for very special gifts for friends and loved ones! And I have some examples of the kinds of very special, very personalized gifts you might could be presenting to your friends and loved ones – special, custom oil paintings just for them.
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As my newsletter subscribers found out last month, I’m branching out a bit. Although I’m still painting our favorite fur, feathered, and fin companions and family members. I also enjoy producing custom paintings of wildlife, landscapes, beloved buildings or places, and even HUMANS! Let me show you!
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Photographs are a very important part of my job in producing a hand-painted, custom oil portrait of your pet. But these kinds of photos, which show you things you should not do if you have a pet, aren’t quite what I had in mind, but they are perfect for a laugh!
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As I have said before, photographs are a very important part of my job in producing a hand-painted oil portrait of your pet. These kinds of photos, that were winners in the Comedy Pet Photography Awards might not be perfect for a painting, but they are perfect for a laugh.
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Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds, so when I set out to capture one, it was only to do so with the greatest respect — in oil on canvas. And I have to say, capturing a Great Egret in oil was a fun challenge!
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For YOUR unique and special companion or companions! A lot of folks have more than one special companion, often a few! And others don’t have a lot of space to hang large paintings. If you are one of those folks, I have a idea for you! The perfect size for YOUR unique and special companion or companions or for YOUR particular space!
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No, not THAT one. This is Frank, short for Frankenstein. And I got to paint THIS Frankenstein.
Why Frankenstein? Because Frank is a mixed breed. But, as you can see, unlike his namesake, Frank is a really HANDSOME fellow. Frank’s dad is a golf pro and had just made a hole in one (!) when he took this photo of his buddy Frank.
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