The Reason

THIS PAINTING HAS SOLD!

Wading In

new oil on canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

10x10

100.00

with 100% donation

(Meet Harrison below)

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Today that is just what I did...I went wading into the story of a Dalmatian boy

who desperately needs help.

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I was thinking about something the other day...I heard someone on TV say "There is a REASON why she is here in this life..." it was in reference to a very sad situation that the person has been born into, but the idea was that even in adversity there is a REASON for her being here greater than the difficulties.

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I think there is a reason I can paint a bit. Why I was drawn to do it...it came out of nowhere as these things do. It was an innate ability that I had from childhood. It was the way I was wired I guess. No one in my family had the interest or inclination to make art.

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It's a nice past time...you could do it quietly at home and never show it. You don't have to succeed or fail.  But there was a REASON for me to have this knack. I believe it was to use it in a way that made it so much more than itself. Art that helps. So you need to put it out there. And while I was never going to be a "master" or create world famous art I was going to find a way to do my art my own way and love it or leave it, use it to help animals in need. If a painting resonates with someone it ends up helping and that to me is success in spades!

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THE REASON:

So that brings me to this painting above.

I am offering it for sale with the entire amount going to help "HARRISON"

he is a Dalmatian that was found injured in Houston TX June 17th , put in a shelter and a message was sent out as "Urgent Medical Rescue Needed" it was for Rescue Only to spring him from the shelter and get him medical help.

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Expensive medical help as Harrison has multiple fractures in his pelvis and a dislocated hip.

He was pulled from that shelter by someone who helps rescue but is NOT "a rescue" so he was given help by DALMATIAN RESCUE of SOUTHERN FLORIDA. They helped make arrangements to champion this dog's cause and get him some funding to help with his upcoming surgery.

Many hands can make miracles happen.

DRSF has set up a CHIP-IN to help him. If everyone could donate the price of a cup of fancy coffee or ANY amount they can afford it would help with this vet expense.

Or it can be sent directly to the vet.

Information is all on the Dalmatian Rescue Site.

Please pass this info on to anyone who might be interested in helping.

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HARRISON

I am in Massachusetts, Harrison and his main rescuer Shelby (bless you!) are in Texas, The Dal rescue is in Florida...It doesn't matter where you are located, we are all in the same place when we stand together heart-to-heart.

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if you want to contact me to reserve the painting

carolchretien@aol.com

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to simply make a Chip-In donation

Help HARRISON LINK!

Sneak Peek! New Seacape on the easel...and more!

WORK IN PROGRESS

New painting on the easel...sunset with wading figure and dalmatian in quiet contemplation.

12x12

oil on canvas

Sunset and a serene feel to this piece.

This painting when finished will benefit

DALMATIAN RESCUE TAMPA BAY

on of my favorite rescues.

if you wish to reserve this painting

please email me: carolchretien@aol.com

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Tomorrow "Summer Wind" will be representing

Art Helping Animals on The Daily Painter's Gallery site.

you can see the finished painting below.

it is available for sale to help

BRISTOL ANIMAL SHELTER

of

Bristol, RI

SUMMER WIND

8x10

oil on canvas panel

100.00

with 100% going to the rescue.

email me to purchase.
SOLD

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Thanks for helping artists help animals with your purchase of

original art!

Easel Update: Work in Progress...take a look!

Pepper Pot

(newest work in progress)

This is not a great shot but it is also in the early stage of work.

Small 8x10 still life...enjoyable challenge for me.

This is on a panel.

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Summer Wind

(almost finished)

8x10

oil on canvas mounted panel

I posted this on Facebook yesterday after finishing for the day.

Nice response to it. And...my husband said WOW...that is always a nice comment coming from him. Appreciated. :o)

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This painting will help Bristol Friends of Animals Shelter, Bristol RI

should it eventually sell when I post it finished.

It is a pleasure for me to base paintings on Emmi as my model and still feel the connection to her as I paint.

Sometimes I just use her pose, sometimes her coloring, sometimes a true representaion.

The main thing is even from the Bridge she is still an inspiration and a practical helper to those animals in need still trying to just get a chance at a life by being rescued and rehomed. The sale of my artwork of her helps to do that.

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All my work in 2012 that sells goes to Charity 100%

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There are paintings still available for sale to help rescue.

Just scroll through my posts here on the BLOG

or visit my website at this LINK:

CAROL CHRETIEN ~ ORIGINAL OILS & PRINTS

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I will be updating that1 site this week.

email me if you have any questions!

carolchretien@aol.com

thanks

Carol

A Bed of Roses ~ Calico Cat, new painting for rescue

A Bed Of Roses

oil on canvas mounted panel

9x12

CAROL CHRETIEN
SOLD

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Available to help Tabby's Place A Cat Sanctuary rescue.
100% donation goes straight to the rescue.
100.00
email to purchase: carolchretien@aol.com
paypal welcome.
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This painting was presented as a work in progress last week, now it is ready to go.
The colors are stunning in person. I am not quite sure the monitor is capturing them very well.
It is an ultra smooth canvas mounted panel. So easy to frame in a standard size with shallow depth!
I will be posting this for ART HELPING ANIMALS on
DAILY PAINTER's GALLERY tomorrow, June 9th.
If you want to snag it before it posts just email me.
I enjoy painting cats and hope this kitty helps some cats in need.
TABBY'S PLACE is an awesome rescue and deals with some medically challenged cats.  You can visit their site here:
Tabby's Place Link
they do wonderful work.
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Thanks so much for helping artist's help homeless animals.

Call of the Wild...prints now available

Both original oil paintings have SOLD but they are

now offered as Art Prints.

Huntress Moon

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King of Cats

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Now available in Prints on my Website:

www.carolchretien.com

Visit the Galleries

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the service is a "direct to you" purchase

you can order right from the site.

Zoom feature available to see the detail before you purchase.

The sale will go to rescue as a 100% donation

to help homeless animals.

Please note: the first 3 prints sold of "King of Cats" will benefit

BIG CAT RESCUE of TAMPA BAY

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There are a variety of subjects in Prints now on the site.

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NEW ORIGINAL ART is also available on my site.

email me to purchase or with any questions

carolchretien@aol.com

any time!

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As always, thanks for viewing my work

and following my journey of using my art to help charities.

Helping homeless animals is my passion.

Bar & Grille ...a new painting

About the Painting:

I have been working on some new city scenes and this painting below is the first of a series that I have completed and is now available.

One of my favorite subjects to paint has always been old brick buildings and reminders of days gone by. I haven't had the opportunity to do many over the last few years because of the focus on animals and doing portraits and commissions.

Coming back to painting after the hiatus has given me a chance to refocus and refresh my efforts.  I am just loving all the different topics that have been inspiring me.

Hope you like it.

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(Detail View) 

BAR & GRILLE

BAR & GRILLE

10x10

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

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100.00

Listing this painting for

Willing Hearts Dalmatian Rescue

with 100% going to the org.

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Willing Hearts is a non-profit that has volunteers who foster all the dogs they help.

Mainly Dalmatians of course,  but they do help mixed breed dogs and puppies in need when the need presents itself.

Rehab and Rehome to the forever home is the objective.

They help the whole NE region

please view their site for details. If you live in one of the states they serve, see who is available for adoption!

share their news

http://www.whdr.org/

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Thanks for looking and if you would like to reserve this painting before it is listed tomorrow on Art Helping Animals and Daily Painters Gallery...

email me to purchase:

carolchretien@aol.com

High Seas ~ new work

High Seas

9x12

oil on canvas panel

CAROL CHRETIEN

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Rollers on a gray day at sea. Offering this wave study to assist

SAVE THE DALMATIANS

http://www.savethedals.org/

100.00

with

100% of the sale going straight to the rescue

the buyer may also claim the tax deduction to the rescue.

this non-profit rescue has been doing heroic work for

Dalmatians and others in CA for a long time.

SDAL was the first rescue I ever painted for.

If you are interested in helping this rescue please visit their site

for Dals to foster or to adopt.

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If you would like to purchase this painting:

email me

carolchretien@aol.com

paypal is welcome

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For all currently available work:

http://www.carolchretien.com/large-multi-view/New%20Work/1932521-8-165849/New%20Work.html

Choosing Sides ~ new work + a preview.

New work right off the easel and a work in progress.

5x7

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

100.00

available to help

Willing Hearts Dalmatian Rescue

100% donation to the rescue when sold

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Work in Progress

High Seas
oil on panel
CAROL CHRETIEN
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This morning I started this one, above is the first pass.
Another enjoyable one for me. As much as I love painting still life
I also love painting water.
I have done countless sea scapes with Dalmatians in them but this one is just the sea and a foggy sky.
It will be done soon.
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Thanks for looking. If you want to email me with questions or comments
carolchretien@aol.com
peace and cheers!

Huntress ~ Carol Chretien

HUNTRESS

10x10

Carol Chretien

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

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SOLD

This newest painting is for

BRISTOL ANIMAL SHELTER

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125.00

100% donation to the rescue when sold.

About the painting:

The lioness is a wonderful symbol of female strength and power.

She is a provider, a huntress and in this particular painting she is portrayed as a lady in waiting. Under the moon, in the high grass and waiting for that opportunity to present itself.

Intensity with intent.

Much the way I feel about painting to help homeless animals.

If this painting speaks to your inner Lioness...You can email me

carolchretien@aol.com

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Paypal is welcome!

The funds will go straight to the rescue.

We are working to help homeless animals each in our own way.

thanks so much for looking.

Saturday this painting will also be posted for sale on

Daily Painter's Gallery

and

Art Helping Animals.

feel free to share the link!

Happiness is Helping a Rescue!...and NEW WORK

I can't say THANK YOU! enough to the response to my work with my return to painting after this year long hiatus and how you have helped such deserving rescues! In the last two weeks we have donated funds to

3 rescues with the sale of FOUR (!!!!) paintings.

White Rose

Sky Rider

The High and Mighty

and

Sonata

are all sold with funds going to

Dalmatian Rescue Tampa Bay, The London Sanctuary, Bristol Animal Shelter

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NEW WORK!

DESERT SUNSET

8x8

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

100.00

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This new rose painting gives a nod to Georgia O'keeffe in a respectful way in that I "deconstructed" a rose to a minimalist view point and then painted this in glowing desert sunset hues. It really is a vibrant piece as posted above.

100% of the sale will go to help

BRISTOL ANIMAL SHELTER

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Meet

BIG POPPY

He is a WONDERFUL gentle and loving cat
(I know this because he sat in my lap for about 20 minutes purring and loving the attention!) and should have a home of his own.
All the details about him can be found on their site:
http://www.friendsofthebristolanimalshelter.org/
Please visit them here.
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If you are interested in "Desert Sunset"
email:
carolchretien@aol.com
the funds will go straight to the rescue.
The buyer can claim the tax deduction.
thanks so much for helping artists help animals with art!

PREVIEW~ Sonata New Work on the Easel

SONATA

10x10

on the easel

CAROL CHRETIEN

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This seascape is on the easel and will soon be available to help

The London Sanctuary.

Nocturne, moon and sea...a joy to paint and hopefully will help the rescue.

This week I have been painting a variety of subjects but mostly have been having a great time with sky, sunsets, seascapes.

If you are interested in reserving a painting before I post it for sale, just email me. carolchretien@aol.com

They are all oils on canvas, gallery wrapped for easy display and smaller sized and collectible.

Every piece of work until the end of the year is a donation to rescue.

The buyer can take the tax deduction and have an original piece of art for their collection.

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Thanks for looking!

PREVIEW....White Rose ~ a new original oil

WHITE ROSE

SOLD

8x8

oil on gallery wrapped canvas

CAROL CHRETIEN

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My first offering for ART HELPING ANIMALS for 2012 is my vision of the white rose that symbolizes the Spiritual.

This particular piece is a small one painted in many thin glazes to allow the illusion of light to come through representing backlighting.

It captures the impression of luminosity and a delicate layering of petals.

The canvas is wrapped around the stretchers and the sides are painted. It can be framed or displayed as is.

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100.00

100% of the sale (minus shipping) will go directly to

DALMATIAN RESCUE of TAMPA BAY

a non-profit, all volunteer rescue that works tirelessly to save

Dalmatians and others from high kill shelters, discarded pets, and seniors at end of life care.

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This particular painting is dedicated to the dalmatian mix who was saved from a shelter at AGE 8 where he was sent by his family.

MEET PINTO

(Pinto's Shelter Picture)
Imagine living with your family for 8 years and they leave you in a shelter?
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He is 58 lbs, very loving and has made friends with his foster home's Dalmatian
"Charlie"
In the beginning he was very depressed and mourning the loss of his family.
He was not eating and he was suffering from shelter cough.
NOW...he is healthy, adjusting to the loving care he is receiving and is ready for a family of his own.
If you can help this wonderful boy...please consider adoption.
All the details and contacts with DRTB can be found here:
http://www.dalrescuetampabay.org/

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It is always GREAT that a pet gets a foster home but for the volunteers to be successful and help others in need they have to find that FOREVER HOME for their foster pet.
Thanks for viewing the painting and the information about PINTO.
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this painting will be posted for sale on Art Helping Animals
Art Collectors Blog, The Daily Painter's Gallery and directly from me.
email: carolchretien@aol.com
to purchase immediately with this preview.
Shipping is free to you.
Paypal is always accepted.
The purchase price will go straight to the Rescue.
ART HELPS ANIMALS
thank you!

At Long Last!

...Back in my studio.

I will be working on new pieces that are helping me to get back into the swing of things.
I will be painting to help hompeless animals and donate to charity.
Until the end of the year ALL my work will be 100% donations to non-profit rescues.
Any sales will go to charity as I regroup and reconnect with my favorite Rescues.

I will be blogging about and promoting animals in need of adoption and help and working once again in conjuction with a
wonderful group of Artist through
ART HELPING ANIMALS. www.arthelpinganimals.com

The art blog of Art Helping Animals, posting work for sale at Daily Painter's Gallery as part of the group from AHA and on my own blog and website will all go to the cause of helping animals find homes, get medical care and maintenance while they await adoption.

Great needs in very tough times! Art has the POWER to help and my passion and voice are lent to this pursuit.

I have spent the last year working through many challenges and changes...sometimes it has a positive side effect by allowing you to step out of your comfort zone, step back and find new bearings.

We lost our beloved cat Emmi, my studio companion, at age 18 and Lizzie (our Dalmatian) is learning to fill the role. In the picture taken just yesterday with me in my studio she is inspiring me to get back into the game and shake the rust out of my skills at the easel.

I am starting out with some small collectible pieces of art in a variety of themes.
I will begin showing these pieces next week with the hopes that you can join me on the journey.
My right shoulder is still healing (a VERY long year!) but I am able to handle the smaller pieces of work without a problem.

I am not quite ready for commissions of larger sizes but hopefully and with attention to Karmic principles I can send out some good work that will help others.
Feel free to share my news, my work, and please support non-profit rescues who do so much with so little for so many.

Off and running on the new adventures of Art that helps animals!
The Studio is OPEN!
peace and blessings,
Carol

ART, LIFE, and A PERSONAL NOTE

Up Before the Sun This Morning...

Sunrise somewhere in the universe...(photo credit Morguefile.)

Life has been a rollercoaster in 2011...not horribly "bad" but definately challenging. Physically, mentally, spiritually ... a challenge.

Make no mistake, there are many more things in my life to be thankful for than not. So I am not really complaining but just trying to make sense of things and find a way to express it.

My studio is closed into 2012.

I make this announcement with mixed feelings ... I do miss painting and having a schedule and purpose and being able to make donations as I have in the past. That last is the biggest change to deal with.

Some of you know that while I painted almost a full time schedule I was also supported by a part-time job as a nurse working evenings for the last 33 of 37 years. These hours allowed me the freedom to paint as much as I pleased and the freedom to give as much as possible while covering our health insurance with my part time job.

That job has come to an end and now and I am in the process of wrapping up an entire portion of my life and restructuring the way I have done things for so long.

There are many changes involved in this for me in all spheres. Not in the least is trying to envision a whole new life plan. It would seem that it would be simple, "Just Paint" ...but the practical elements need to be addressed first and eventually it will come to painting again. That is my long range plan.

Knowing that this job change was coming, I have been preparing for this for a while but there are so many unknowns just ahead. I was working myself into a frenzy thinking I had to have everything figured out and wrapped with a bow, having everything in place and knowing every move ahead of me. I can't. I realized yesterday that this was just not possible. But...I am a Capricorn and that is always my approach.

Yesterday I had a moment of clarity regarding "plans" ...I do not know exactly what the plan is going to be just yet except to say that I am going into uncharted waters for the first time. As a nurse, I will be unemployed. Having never been unemployed it is a whole new world for me.

As an artist, I will be beginning from scratch when I reopen my studio at a future date and make Art my full time passion once again.

My "job" in the next year will be to sort out life details, see what works for us here, and find my way again. These changes have wrecked havoc with my creative abilities and keeping focused, so rather than force things I do not really feel where art is concerned it is less stressful to just step away.

Saying goodbye to a whole segment of my adult working life, and more importantly, the people who inhabit that life, is more difficult than I ever imagined. I thought it was a matter of just substituting one schedule for another. No so.

I am learning as I go...I will get to that place of reconcilliation with change and find light on a new path. I am learning to rely on my internal compass in a whole new way.

I will be putting a notice on my WEBSITE and if any prints should sell from the site ALL profits from the sale will go to charity of the buyer's choice.

I will be working behind the scenes and when the reopening is ready I will let you know.

Thanks for following my work all these years and helping as you do to give homeless animal rescues funding through art.

This message will go out through several outlets, you may receive a duplicate message if you are on also in my opt in list from the website, for that I apologize.

ALL MY BEST,

Carol

Twice Blessed ~ Print gallery updated!

These three images as well as others have recently been added to my website

you can access here:

http://carolchretien.com/large-multi-view/PRINTS/1638451-1-24018/PRINTS.html

The sizes and prices are as listed. A donation to charity is given as always.

I recently purchased the Dachshund Print for myself to frame and donate to a fundraiser (more to follow about that) for homeless doxies...and I was very pleased with the quality of the print.

I have had good feedback on the Dalmatian print also.

Any questions? You can always email me.

These make a great gift or print art for yourself.

Two weeks approximately for delivery. My print arrived to my PO box in a secure mailing tube.

I will be adding more prints from sold work in the future.

Thanks for helping animals in need through a purchase of art!

Carol

August ~ Dog Days

One of my old favorite Beagle paintings.

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The thing about August is that you know what comes later!

For me, it is always the time of anticipation of things to come...new times, new places, new ideas, new plans.

I think it harks back to being a school kid when September was the true start of the new year. I know that was a long time ago but it is so ingrained in me.

Also, I am all about autumn so that adds an energy of spirit to my thoughts.

So as I plan for the future and the re-opening of my studio this fall I look back and see where I've come from and think about where I want to go.

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One big change for me will be painting without my studio companion, Emmi.

Something tells me that she will somehow be with me.

It is an adjustment for sure even though.

I have a few things I have to do for behind the scenes prep as I gear up to start.

It is a little exciting starting over...and that is what it feels like...so we will see where we can take this.

My goal remains to help as many homeless animals as I can with my artwork.

I am looking forward to what lies ahead.

STAY TUNED...

as always

ALL MY BEST!

Carol

Two Weeks...and then...

EMMI

Two weeks have gone by since Emmi crossed the Bridge and it still seems like she will come walking into the room at any moment.

I got some nice cards and emails of condolence...thanks so much.

This past week I got a chance to stop by Bristol Animal Shelter and got a huge reminder of just how adorable kittens are and the temptation was great but with Lizzie being 13 yrs old in a few weeks, it is just not the time to go down that road.

But...the joyfulness of cats and especially kittens...oh my! They have 2 little tigers (and many other wonderful animals for adoption, I might add) that are about the age of when I brought Emmi and Dinah home.

I was in heaven watching them pounce and tumble and play together. Ahhh.

I can't help it but I keep thinking of girl names....hahahaha!

Someday...someday....

I also think about the paintings that will come from that whole experience so I DO look forward to when the time is right.

In the meantime...Lizzie is more precious than ever...and I am so thankful for her generally good health. The age issues are manageable.

Leo and I spend a fair share of time kissing her and showering love and attention, as if she would ever be denied!

I am also looking forward to Fall and returning to the studio with new eyes.

I am hoping that starting out small and testing the waters with some painting time will work well with all this therapy to the right shoulder.

Somethings got to give.

That is the intention I have put out to the universe...so we shall see.

Who knows where it might take me.

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The painting above is one of my personal favorites ...I painted this one many years ago of my Emmi and it was the painting I used to teach myself about painting eyes.

It is 14x18 and it hangs in our living room in the Lizzie and Emmi collection of portraits.

I am very fond of the close-up contemporary composition of this painting.

It is not a large piece but it commands attention on the wall.

Fun to paint with all the color, strokes and details in a small format.

So happy now that I did this piece. She had "the look" and it still gets to me.

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Life and Making Choices...

Hello my fellow travelers...life is a journey and you are either on board with that or not. Right now I am like the painting subject above...looking out to sea and wondering what is coming over that horizon in the next blink.

Some of you know that I have been trying my best to manage a miserable orthopedic problem with my right shoulder that is just not working out for me.

With the help of a wonderful massage therapist I have taken it as far as it can go and have given it a good fight to keep from even a hint at a surgical solution.

Yesterday I finally gave in and now my next step is to have an orthopedic surgeon weigh-in on what will happen next.

I am suspending my painting for now and just wanted to let you know that I have so appreciated you following and supporting my efforts on behalf of the animals in rescues that I have been privileged to work with.

I am hoping that I will be back at the easel before long if things go well with whatever options I am given and path I must take.

You can always send me a Hello on my FaceBook page or email anytime.

Thanks for your friendship and support and I will catch you on the flip side!

All my best...Carol

(I will also post this in an email through my website ...sorry if you get to see it twice!)

Scout....a work in progress

SCOUT

A work in progress... The very rough beginning to convey the idea. I start with some simple lines to place the subject on the canvas.

Finding the personality and emotion.

I like to go straight to the eyes to start. It is eerie when you have vacant eyes of a living subject and also I find that I am in "their company" once they are "there" with me in the studio. All the inspiration, for me, comes from the subject and what they mean to their person.

Now we are getting somewhere.

Color for background and collar have been discussed and approved. Scout is taking shape for sure and I am enjoying the process.

This canvas is 14x18 and a pleasure to be painting him in the close up format.

He has very beautiful eyes and markings and this will be a keepsake portrait that will draw the viewer in and touch the heart of Scout's mom.

This is the 3rd pass, and with another session or two I will have completed the piece.

Like negative space, the time between actual painting sessions gives you a chance to study the work and where you want to go next. This is all part of my working process.

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This has been posted with permission of the client to share the process.


ABOUT THE SUBJECT:

Scout is an almost 10 yr old hound/shepard mix who was adopted out of a Washington DC shelter. His "mom" says he started with, and still has, an over abundance of energy.

Scout has a few hobbies that include "counter surfing & snagging" and taking things from the bookcase, along with rifling through a purse or two and finding money! He LOVES the park.

But..."he makes me happy, he is like a little person and understands almost anything you say, even when he doesn't want to listen to you" ...Scout is "stubborn, spoiled, and has the most personality his mom has ever had around"...that is a testimony many of us share about our beloved companions. (just ask my Lizzie! LOL)

Scout is a "velcro" dog. :o)

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All my work provides a donation to a rescue when completed.

PLEASE consider an adoption from your local shelter...it saves lives.

And if possible, consider supporting a shelter with needed items, time, fostering or donations.

Thanks for looking and supporting rescue with art!

Loose Ends and New Things....

Munchkin's Painting for Falmouth Friends of Dogs rescue in Falmouth MA

has found its home.

I received a nice email that they forwarded to me from the winner of the fundraising raffle.

A true coast to coast effort, the painting is now in New Mexico.

Ellen B. loves the painting and the work done by this rescue and the knee surgery that gave this dog a better future.

It is nice to know that people help from all over the country!

"MUNCHKIN"

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On the easel:

"HALIFAX"

(a work in progress)

This week has seen some requests for commissions in my inbox...I have been moving slowly since the first of the year. Some of you may know from my FaceBook postings that I have been
doing some therapy on my "painting arm" and trying to get back into the work of helping rescue with art but the pace is slow.

One of the commissions I started a few weeks ago is of Halifax the beagle.

( I have permission to share some work in progress from Hali's dad.)

This painting will be done this week. The charity that will benefit will be BONES at the client's request.

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New work is about to start. I look forward to "picking up the pace" and getting some

good rescue work going.

Thanks for looking...updates coming soon.