Red Dawn

FEATURED PAINTING:

Running Cheetah--Not Yet Titled

Acrylic painting on 24"x 30"x 1/2" wrapped canvas.

This is the cheetah I mentioned in the last post. He is a work in process and I hope to have it completed this weekend. You can go to www.paintingwolf.com to see the various progression steps if you are interested!

Another week passes! And I have tomorrow off. I was going to visit "Winter Range" in Phoenix Arizona. It is an annual "Cowboy Action Shooting Competition" where big boys pretend. But that isn't why I wanted to go. They have a remarkable "Suttlers Row"! They have some amazing displays, artwork, authentic native American garb, hides, music, victorian clothing, food, etc. If you are in southern Arizona, this is a definite visit location! That and Festival of the West later in the year.

Bobcat's Blue Dawn

Featured Painting:

Bobcat's Blue Dawn

Acrylic Painted 24"x30"x1/2" wrap around canvas - $925

I finally finished this a few days ago. It turned out really well and I am very pleased with the cat. The next piece will be a cheetah on the same size canvas. After that I plan to do a large wolf painting. It'll be a week or so before that happens.

It's been a busy 10 or so days. Too much to do and too little time. Today I joined something called the Verde Valley Arts Council. It is in the start up stage, just beginning to develop the mission and vision statements. A wonderfully passionate group of artisans and those that support them. There was a lot of "vision" filling the room and I really hope it can snow ball into greatness. It will be marvelous to be able to contribute!

Bobcat Tales

Featured Painting:

Bobcat's Blue Dawn (work in progress)

Acrylic painting on 24"x 30" x 1/2" wrap around canvas

This is the progress thus far on my bobcat painting. It is larger than the mini paintings I have been doing but I really like the bobcat face and am doing the entire painting just for his eyes! No bobcat stories today! I did get to have a beautiful ride through Sedona today. The snow is pretty spectacular against the red rocks and is something everyone should see at least once in their lives.

An Eagle Day

Featured Painting:

Detail from "Butterfly Maiden at Sunrise" (In Progress)

Acrylic paint on 24"x 36" x 1/2" wrapped canvas (back stapled)


Well we had a marvelous snow yesterday. Bad for drivers that had to go over mountains through Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Jerome, the White Mountains, etc. Great for the lower country, Phoenix, the Verde Valley, etc. Very pretty.

I pulled this detail from a painting I am working on. I had originally exhibited it over a year ago but I am dissatisfied with the maiden's bodice. I will rework it then put it up for sale. The detail is of a bald eagle. A few years ago we were "blessed" to be the caretakers of two huge cream colored lop eared bunnies who's owner had given them up to move elsewhere. They were in rabbit pens which were 3-4' off the ground, near a 6' redwood picket fence along one side of my yard. One day as my husband and I got in our car, ready to head out to who knows where, we saw a HUGE bird on the fence. This bird, an eagle of some sort, was standing on the fence tilting it's head this way then that. He was getting a good eyeful of what looked to be a marvelous meal but with no way to get at them. They were safely ensconced in wire with wood covering half the pen for shade. Those rabbits were as still as statues. And the bird sat there for quite a while not wanting to give up on such well fed prey!

Featured Painting:

"Golden Sunrise"

Acrylic Paint on 5"x 7" linen canvas panel--$99

I created this piece this week. I've used it to illustrate my "commissions" page on my website: paintingwolf.com
African Wild Dogs are very unique creatures in so many facets. And they have, as my husband would say, an excellent paint job!

It's a Killer Whale of a Day!

Featured Painting:

"Of The Ocean Clan"

Acrylic Paint & Prismacolor Pencils on Crescent Hot Press Illustration Board 24"x 36"


I created this illustration quite a while back, when I was doing the show circuit. I had never really wanted to sell it because it is such a sweet message. It was created several years ago then reworked in 2006. I love illustrating earthly creatures but as you can and will see, I love the imagined as well. Mermaids are lovely graceful creatures. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. I guess it would depend on which side of the fishing pole you were on!