Friday, September 21, 2007

Pieces of the Puzzle

These are 3 detail images from the 3'x3' pet portrait painting I recently finished. Now that the painting has safely arrived at is destination and is cherished by it's owners I can post them. I did learn a valuable shipping lesson in the shipping process of this painting - namely, never to use "brown" again to ship my artwork. They managed to "misplace" a 3.5' x 3.5' x 3" crate among other complications. I also learned that the extra effort I always put into packaging my paintings was well worth it since the crate arrived with boot prints on it and the painting was unharmed. *huge sigh of relief*

The painting actually has 6 pets (4 dogs and 2 cats) standing in grass with a privacy fence in the background. It is acrylic on a gallery wrapped canvas. I will be posting the full picture on my website this weekend.

In the meantime, I wanted to update the blog to let everyone know that I am still painting since my absence was much longer than anticipated. I spent 3 weeks sick and we had an unexpected loss in the family that we are still adjusting to.

Thank you for stopping by!

2 comments:

Kasie @ ~The Art of Life~ said...

I'm so sorry about the loss in your family!
I am glad to see that you're okay!
I hope things are much better for you now.
Boot prints on the package?!!
How terrible!
:)

A.K.Ard said...

Thank you Kasie!

Yes - boot prints on the package. I was on the phone when they opened it and was so relieved it was okay.