Fur Babies

Here you see the beginning & ending of a painting I just finished. These cute boys are Latte & Mocha. They are litter mates, but they don't look alike. Their faces are quite different, and Mocha is bigger than Latte. They are the babies of my friends Coop & Cindy. I've been wanting to paint them for awhile, but I wasn't sure I could pull off their furry coats, so I kept putting it off. Finally, I just decided to give it a go. I'm pleased with the result; it captures their faces nicely, and I think I did well at not overworking the painting. The photo somehow doesn't capture the white highlights in their fur.

"Waiting"

This is my dog, Wilson, waiting for my wife to come home from work. He starts his vigil about an hour before she's due to arrive.

Foggy River Farm vista

This is the view I had while driving away from Foggy River Farm (in Healdsburg) one day this fall. I had gone there to pick up our CSA box of produce. The sky and the colors of the landscape were so spectacular that I stopped right in the road and snapped some pictures.
Continuing to LOVE my new paints; can't imagine ever going back to acrylics.