Last Day of September - YOWSA!

" I WILL BEE HAPPY"

***

" A WISH ON THE MOON"

Finished and ready to go...

I can't believe this is it...September is almost a memory!

I have completed the last two paintings shown below and they can be found here to PURCHASE:

http://www.arthelpinganimals.blogspot.com/

Right on the ART HELPING ANIMALS blogspot!

You can also find the work of other great artists here who have the single purpose and passion of supporting our favorite rescues who partner with ART HELPING ANIMALS. ( Of course they do other work too!...but as AHA artists we work with one purpose)We try to raise awareness of their animals in need of homes and their dedicated work to save them.

We try to raise funds for these same rescues.

You may not be on the lookout for one of my currently available pieces BUT you may find one of theirs to your liking.

ART is so personal...it resonates with the right person, in the right place at the right time. It touches you and hopefully lifts your heart and spirit. At least we always hope it evokes an emotion. That is my aim.

Don't forget...if you are thinking of commissioning a piece of original art for the HOLIDAYS time is of the essence! Let your favorite artists know soon.

OCTOBER ...here we come! STAY TUNED!

Spooky Happenings Today....BEAGLES! FIRST LOOK!

"I WILL BEE HAPPY"
8x10
100.00
You can RESERVE this painting by emailing me:
carolchretien@aol.com
20% goes to rescue!

"WISH ON THE MOON"
10 x10
125.00
You can RESERVE this painting by emailing me:
carolchretien@aol.com

*************
Today I started the day with gathering some refs of BONES beagles up for adoption. They have several wonderful beagles in foster care they are preparing for their "forever homes"...2 beagles in particular caught my eye and I thought they would inspire some new work. "DEBO" and "BO" are there names.
As I was printing out the images I was thinking of my friend Pam, who is a BONES volunteer, and a few seconds later I received an email with a batch of images from the yearly BONES BEAGLE BASH.
There were a bunch of DEBO in the batch and I suddenly had my paintings taking shape in my mind.
I asked Pam if she could give me some more background about Debo as we hope he can get adopted to his own home and I want to tell his story.
SHE got an email from his foster mom telling her that not 10 minutes before she was just talking about his situation with the wonderful person who originally pulled him from the shelter he was found in.
So today was a day of hopefully VERY good vibes for Debo.
These are 2 works in progress that will be ready to go soon.
***
Both paintings are inspired by Debo and his information can be found
here:
www.bonesbeagles.org

If you see paintings here in FIRST LOOK and love them,
please reserve them for purchase.
When they are gone...they are gone.
Thanks so much for helping homeless animals with art!

One Minute Away From October!

Not sure how YOU are feeling about September, but yesterday I realized that this month, that only just got started about 5 minutes ago, is coming to a screeching end! And very quickly at that.

We have a newer (to us) rescue that we are working with through our artist fellowship (ART HELPING ANIMALS) and this 10x10 oil painting is hot off the easel and ready to be offered with my usual 20% donation to the charity.

SOLD!

NEW WORK FOR BAMA BULLY RESCUE!

"I'll Be Your Little Angel"

by

CAROL CHRETIEN

I saw this dog on their site and the vision of a little

Autumn or Halloween scene just needed to be painted ...and what would

Tig be if he could choose? Well by the looks of his photos...an Angel of course!

***

The painting is based on a reference image of "Tig"one of their adoptable and adorable dogs

waiting for their own forever home...

You can visit their rescue for all the details.

http://www.bamabully.org/Tig.htm

***

Reference images provided by the rescue are used to INSPIRE an idea that will hopefully help these dogs have the best chance at life!

***

PROUD TO BE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF

ART HELPING ANIMALS

***

Sun Spots completed

SUN SPOTS

10x10

befitting

WILLING HEARTS DALMATIAN RESCUE

20% donation

SOLD

On the Easel: SUN SPOTS....

RESERVED!

10x10

newest oil

CAROL CHRETIEN

***

This painting will help

WILLING HEARTS DALMATIAN RESCUE

It will be finished this week and offered for sale.

***

follow my passion:

ART HELPING ANIMALS

~~~

Stay Tuned!

Cat & Mouse Toy Tales...continue!

WHO CAN IT BE NOW?

Emmi and her Toy Mouse, Bartholomew, on alert...

Painted right from the studio as Emmi & Company sit with me while I paint.

The series continues and you can see in the collage (below) she always has a little tale to tell.

It started with "The Storyteller" and is still telling little bits about her day.

When Emmi came back to life from her Thryoid Crisis I took a series of photos of her with her mouse toy. She put up with me posing her for "Ironic, Isn't It?" the painting of her toy mouse on her head. LOL!!!! I still laugh when I look at the pics of that one.

That expression said it all and I was glad she wasn't speaking english.

Now as the ideas or scenes present themselves I paint them.

All the paintings in the series have SOLD to help rescue.

this one is now

AVAILABLE.

8x10

oil on canvas

TO PURCHASE:

125.00

20% to BAMA BULLY RESCUE

Thanks for helping animals in need with art!

Labor Day ... just a little work...

Labor of Love ...

getting another pass on this one and one more to go before we can say it is DONE.

Added a personal touch to mercury's collar to honor his "Dad" ...

it is coming along.

*****





Decided to call it "Turbulance" ... it seemed ok. I got a chance to add some color.

And yet it is much more colorful in real life. That is the nature of a digital reproduction.

****

Soul Work

Just needed to do something to shake things up a bit today...And my Muse was going to have her way and I just had to stop and listen.

I wanted to get a couple of small things started that I had rattling around in my mind and she said...NO.

So here you have her suggestions and my paintings.

"A Rocky Road"

12x12 oil on canvas

"Storm Watch"
10x10 oil on canvas

Interested? Email me: carolchretien@aol.com

Wrapping up some loose ends....

....before the next season begins.

You may have seen some of these in progress and now they are pretty much completed (with the exception of the Dalmatian, Mercury, in the center) which is soon to be done, just need a little drying time between sessions.

The studio is humming along today and nothing is getting in the way.

"FOLEY"

"Portrait of Foley"

Is a gift to the Friends of Bristol Animal Shelter who do work in my local area.

They lost their beloved mascot unexpectedly earlier this year.

My philosophy is that Art is Therapeutic and helps heal hearts.

I hope they can place the painting in an area of their shelter that does just that.

***

"MERCURY"

This painting is for a friend who is missing her wonderful Mercury.

He passed over the Rainbow Bridge recently and is in the best company you could ask for.

I have a little more to do to finish this up but made some real progress today and thought I would share it.

There needs to be one more pass to it to finish it up and be able to send it off.

I met Mercury when he was a youngster and rescued by a loving family.

He got along great with my Lizzie and it was my pleasure to be able to meet him in person.

***

"CLEOPATRA"

This painting was one of the prizes donated to the JRT fundraiser.

Over the years I have done many "win a custom painting" fundraiser.

This painting was a lot of fun for me to do.

And if you would like to read about the org:

http://www.russellrescue.com/index.php4

Russell Rescue, Inc.

A non-profit rescue that works coast to coast and has many regional chapters.

Love Jack Russells?

check them out and rescue a dog!

***
In between these paintings I am hard at work for

ART HELPING ANIMALS

painting for our rescues!

***

AND NEXT....

THE CHRISTMAS COMMISSIONS!

if anyone is contemplating the gift of art BEFORE the holidays

BOOK EARLY ...

LIMITED NUMBER of BOOKINGS AVAILABLE.

JUST A THOUGHT!

stay tuned!

September and a First Look!

"Dachshund Blues"

12 x 12

oil on canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

***

Oscar models for me again to help homeless animals.

He is one of the fortunate ones and he advocates to help doxies in need!

***

This is the first painting I am offering for

COAST TO COAST DACHSHUND RESCUE!

this is one of our newer rescues

supported by the work of

ART HELPING ANIMALS ARTISTS

***

If you are interested in purchasing this painting:

150.00

20% will go straight to the rescue to help their work