January 21, 2009

"Cleo"

Oil on museum quality ampersand Gessobord panel 6" x 8"

I am posting this late tonight and hope to write a bit more tomorrow afternoon. This is Cleopatra, a long haired Eastern German Shepherd. She was 13 weeks when she posed for this painting. Sorry about the huge file. I lost photoshop when I lost my computer and can't figure out how to resize things in lightroom.


20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mark,

Up in the middle of the night surfing my artist's blogs!!

Beautiful Shepherd!
I can feel her kisses.

Rebecca

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Rebecca. I'm a night owl and am at my creative peak in the wee small hours of the morning. I'm glad you were up to see it first.

Debbie said...

Absolutely STUNNING work lately!!!!

Kate Merriman said...

Wow, beautiful. You might like to try GIMP, which is a free program that does about 90% of what Photoshop does. I love it.

www.gimp.org

Kate

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Debbie. It's good to be back in the studio!

Mark Adams said...

Thanks for the advice, Kate. I'll check it out.

Anonymous said...

Love the softness of the fur! And the intelligence in the eyes. What a sweet pup.

Anonymous said...

Love this one Dad! It reminds me of one of my favorite Canine friends, Nomad, who has been staying with us.

I have always found late night works best for the creative flow... I came by it honestly I suppose. Thanks!

Bun coming out of the oven any moment now, call ya soon.

Much Love
~:~

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Deb.

Mark Adams said...

Hi, Holly. I've been thinking about you. I hope you aren't staying up too late. You'll be doing those 2:00 feedings soon enough.

Unknown said...

Nice brushstrokes, rich color and great expression.

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Cindy.

Her puppy fuzz was fun to paint in a Don King sort of way.

Angela Elledge said...

Hello Mark,
I have been admiring your beautiful paintings without ever commenting before. Your paintings are lovely, and I especially love this one! I can't wait to see more.

Mark Adams said...

Thanks for taking the time to comment, Angela. Knowing that other fine artists are stopping by is inspirational. I took a quick peek at your blog. I particularly like the pit bull puppy painting "Baby Jack." Nice palette, brushwork, and his "Chessie Cat" pose is endearing.

Anonymous said...

Lovely work....you can see the joy of life in her young eyes :)

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Elizabeth. Always good to heard a fresh voice from the wilderness.

adebanji said...

This is amazing!

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Adebanji.
I love your sketches, btw.

Don Gray said...

Absolutely stunning, Mark!

Mark Adams said...

Thanks, Don.