Millie...

Here my latest commission, which was an absolute joy to paint.  I was given several photos to work from, but this pose stood out from all the others.  Those ears....

Millie has been painted on canvas with acrylic paints.

If you would like your dog - or any other pet or human - immortalised in paint, feel free to get in touch!

  

Biding Time...

After the wettest January on record, and what looks like the wettest February too, it was good to be able to get out in the garden for a bit of a tidy up yesterday.  There are hundreds of bulbs poking their noses out of the ground and one lone daffodil open already.  I also found this pretty bloom on my small potted camelia.

Spring is just around the corner!

As I currently have no yarn projects on the go, I have been playing around with some amigurumi  - this tiny crochet baby took my fancy - how cute is that?  He is about 2 inches tall.  Not sure what to do with all the little creatures and people that I make - perhaps I had better do one of those Little Acts of Kindness and leave them for people to find...

After a rubbish year for sales and commissions last year, this year has started off well - two painting sales and a commission for a dog portrait that I shall be starting this week - long may it continue!