I seem to not be having much success with my artwork these days. First the dogs, and now this. My Welcome to Spring piece is not up to my somewhat perfectionist standards. Grrr.
So,while I rethink this, I will share with you a spring drawing I made a few years, back when I lived in NYC. Our sky was blank after 9/11. To see the Freedom Tower going up, in the early spring, gave me hope. I forgot what the title to this was..but here it is!
I’m going to have to put the dog project on the back burner. The opportunity at the veterinarian hospital seems to be dead in the water. I may yet be called back, but I’m tired of the run around I seem to be getting. Pffft.
What season is this? It was 82 degrees Friday, down to the 30’s today. The calendar says spring, but we’re getting summer and winter weather. I’m seriously confused.
I took a break and went down to Pennsylvania to visit a friend. No artwork done, but many good ideas from the farm county there.
So, in hopes that like attracts like…here’s a summer drawing.
“The Campus”
a 20 x 16 inch original drawing on archival rag paper with lightfast colored pencil.
$200.00
Yesterday was the opening of the Pet Art Show, at the Bott Shoppe in Mamaroneck, NY. If you’re interested in seeing the show, the address is 172 East Boston Post Road. Besides the show, the Bott Shoppe, has an art studio, classes and art related items in its store. If you are in the area, it’s an interesting store, with lots of stuff to buy and browse.
I had a great time at the opening, especially having conversations about NYC, what has happened there since I left, and discussions of the art world in general.
And as a former New Yorker, I thought I’d make the trip so easily, and wow, I’m so tired. In case you’ve never been there, in New York City you walk a lot. I mean A LOT. It’s a car unfriendly city, especially Manhattan. I remember long ago, before I lived there, I wondered why New Yorkers were so slim. Now I know, all that walking.
However, I’m out of shape, and I no longer have the stamina I used to. My legs are sore today.
Speaking of Pet Art, I’ve still got the Guardian Animal Hospital in Brewster on hold. I’ve no idea where it’s going, I’m not having much luck getting through to them. Speaking of not know where somethings going, spring seems to be on hold, too.
I’m itching to get started on some art other than dog portraits. I have an old drawing, I did when I was still living in Greenwich, CT. Trust me, that’s old. I really like it, but sometimes, I’m not the best judge of my own work. Maybe it’s a little too much Thomas Kinkaide-ian?
Anyway, I’m thinking of updating it, and doing it again for a good spring drawing.
So, Happy Landscapes in the meantime!
“I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person.”
Thanks Bill Murray. Or Mark Twain. Or whoever said this originally. It doesn’t say much for my character.
Dogs have a funny reaction to me. Some absolutely love me, some whimper and cry as if I’m Darth Vader. I can’t figure this out. I’m really a very small, harmless looking woman.
I remember being terrified of dogs when I was a small child. I can’t figure that out either. I was never hurt by one, that I know of. I got along fine with my aunt’s German Shepherds, but other than that…illogical fear. Maybe I still give off a negative vibe in relation to dogs.
I start my venture into the world of dog drawing with a picture of a German Shepherd, the first dog breed I learned to trust.
I thought I’d be snowed in yesterday. The weather forecast predicted a possible eighteen inches. We’re not supposed to get more than four, now.
So, I didn’t get much artwork done. I’m working more slowly, too. I’m working on a portrait of my friend’s German Shepherd, and I’m realizing I have a lot to learn about dog anatomy. Plus, once again, I’ve chosen an annoying labor intensive background.
So, just for the heck of it, here are some winged horses that I’ve drawn for charity.
http://www.bottshoppe.com/category/featured
For those of you in the Westchester/Fairfield County area
“String Theory for Cats”
20 x 16 image. Lightfast colored pencil drawing on archival cotton rag paper.
$200.00
I have a veterinarian hospital interested in my work, in a town that’s right over the state border. That’s Brewster, NY. If anyone of my readers is old enough to remember the TV show, “That Girl’, the Marlo Thomas character lived in Brewster before she moved to NYC. It’s a very pleasant little town.
Anyway, enough of old TV shows. The veterinarians are looking for artwork to decorate the waiting rooms…a cat room and a dog room. As you can tell….I’ve got the cat room covered. Dogs, not so much…haven’t drawn a lot of dogs. After all, I have an inner cat, not an inner dog.
The only dog drawings I can think of are these:
In memorial of a good friend’s pet who left to go over the Rainbow Bridge:
And one I did as a commission for a charity. Unfortunately, nowhere can I find my digital copy of it.
But, back to cats….there’s one I forgot about. It’s this one, called “Kitten”
Not one of my favorites, but here’s a closeup of the kitten:
So, expect me to be doing a lot of dog pictures soon. Also, remember the Bott Shoppe I showed in in Mamaroneck, NY? There’s going to be a Pet Art Show on April 11, at 172 East Boston Post Road. I will have a drawing of a cat in it. Sorry, dog lovers.
