I painted Ellie in Oils from a pretty bad reference photo and it turned out to look pretty good anyway. We didn’t want to add all gray fur she had in her last days alive so she would look a bit younger, it’s nicer this way. I was surfing the net one day before I completed this painting and I found an excellent wildlife painter! He has such great light and colors in his paintings, WOW I was impressed! Then suddenly something came back to me, I was on my way to forget some of the things I learned in art school and I suddenly remembered it all when looking at his paintings. Let’s say I had an aha experience… My paintings will from now on probably look a bit different with the start of Ellie in Oils. As an artist you can never say oh I know this, because that day you are lost for ever. An artist always has to grow as a painter and the day that stops you are in trouble. I’m sure all painters have to grow in experience all their lives. REMOVED

Today when I checked my SERPs like a do every now and then I didn’t believe my eyes! Finally the day came what I have been waiting for more than 1 year. I’m finally out from the Google filter!!!!!

I also made a new web site for a breeder in Slovenia, breeder of Greater Swiss Mountain dogs. REMOVED

My latest commission of a German Shepherd, his name is Gazzo and he is training IPO. The owner wanted to have a combination portrait, showing his character and personality also through his work. The painting is in size 46x55cm and here it is… REMOVED

This is a new Colored Pencil portrait of two Labrador Retrievers. Their names are Wrigley and Jake. Wrigley is a 7 years old yellow lab and Jake is a 9 months chocolate lab. The portrait is in size A3 and took 3 days to complete using my palette of 120 colored pencils. REMOVED

There is also a new improved article about how to photograph animals in my ordering information section. I will also add how to photograph animals in motion and more there in time.

Yesterday evening I launched my new web site. It looks a bit different, brighter and cooler. I used a different theme color for this site. I have one new funny thing on my site: Photo of the week and I will be adding a new photo each Wednesday! My dogs are really fun and something is happening around them all the time, thought I want to share that with all of you somehow.I added some new texts to my website also, about my pet portraits as memorials and gifts to my index. More new things are on the way, but that will take some time to complete. I will add free html templates for downloading on my free stuff section which will include a CSS file. There will be three different themes to choose from. I will update my e-cards, wallpapers and screen-savers.

I will create a presentation CD about myself and the work I’m doing, that flash file will also be on my website. It will include many interesting things but I’m not telling more… hehe

A memorial to my first dog Cindy will be added to section me and my pets within next days. Its funny, this site is in a way dedicated to her but with no memorial.
 
So check back every now and then, many interesting things are on the way! Now back to work… busy I am indeed.