A Very Nice Christmas Present

My parents surprised me this year with a wonderful painting for Christmas!  They commissioned local artist Shirley Dickerson of Walla Walla, Wa. to paint a portrait of Tommy and I from a photo that was taken earlier in the year.  The painting turned out great!  There is a special place right above our television for it in our living room.  Thanks mom and dad!

HiHo Silver!

I will definitely be shuffling my way into the theatre to watch this one.  Halfway decent western flicks are  hard to find, (especially coming out of Hollywood).  But the Pirates of the Caribbean movies were very successful, and this one is made by the same people - so it might be a fairly entertaining movie, hopefully.

When I was a little kid one of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning was to glue myself in front of the old T.V. (with the bunny-ears antenna), and watch cartoons and the The Lone Ranger.  I also really loved watching the Dukes of Hazzard, which Hollywood later butchered in a bigscreen version...  So hopefully the Lone Ranger will be an enjoyable flick, and not suffer a disasterous fate.   The trailer looks pretty good:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUjV2hGuW4

"MM Mona Lisa" a traditional sized Wad'iah western pleasure arabian resin sculpted by Vicki Keeling. I recently completed this soft feminine mare in the studio as a honey flaxen chestnut with light under-tones of creamy dappling.  Owned by Carole Ingram, photo courtesy of Carole.




"Stretch!"  Photo courtesy of Natalia Zhurbina.

 



"Otrar"
Skak line stallion born in 1977 in Turkmenistan.  Imported to Germany.

A fun little 8 x 10 practice painting.  I haven't done a canvas in what seems like forever!  The last painting that I did was dated in 1999, so I figured it was time to fiddle around with another.  (And boy am I ever rusty....!!!!)  This was a fun piece to get back into the swing of things.  I'll probably do a few more flat pieces in the future, as this one gave me a much-needed break from doing 3D airbrushing. The plastic frame was a yard sale find for $2.  There's some great stuff at yard sales sometimes...