tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86652781947905134012011-12-03T23:34:58.619-08:00Welcome to my blog where I share my latest fine art and events with you. Color and Animals are my main passion so I paint very colorful pet paintings. I also enjoy painting portraits of children. Contact Deirdre at dobyrne@me.com or 858-254-1635 to inquire about a commissioned custom pet painting or portrait of a family member a truly unique lasting gift for yourself or loved one. I look forward to hearing from you.deirdrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594706395019143640noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665278194790513401.post-34182525488908634012011-12-03T23:34:00.000-08:002011-12-03T23:34:58.627-08:00

It has been a tough few years with the economy situation but luckily I have a full time job and paint on the weekends. Here are some of my latest paintings that I hope you will enjoy. ;-)

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FREE ART SHOW__SATURDAY OCTOBER 2nd in DEL MARJuried Original ArtworkExhibitor: Deirdre O'Byrne Booth#: 56I hope to see you there!!!Venue· Camino Del Mar will be closed heading south from 15th St. to 13th St.· 15th St. (west of Camino Del Mar) will be closed down to Stratford Ct.Directions· From I-5 Exit Del Mar Heights and go west towards Camino Del Mar· Turn Right on

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My latest painting of PETCO PARK which was signed by the Padres for a charity event yesterday sold for $20,000 !! What a great amount for a great cause. The funds go to Adrian and Betsy Gonzalez FoundationSee below for more information.Sunday, SEPTEMBER 5, 2010 Padres's All Star Adrian Gonzlaez and his teammates will put their day jobs on hold to moonlight as chefs, waiters and bartenders

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This is handsome Archie looking very patriotic with his scarf, he was aptly painted in the month of July. Linda my client was delighted with the outcome of Archies custom pet painting in watercolor. It is 22 x 30.Here is Lindas email to me:Hi Deirdre! I just have to tell you how excited I am about the portrait you did of Archie. I surprised my husband with it the night I brought it home and he

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This morning was a lot of fun painting and showing my work on TV and interviewed by Mike shown above. We are advertising for ArtWalk and Art Reach. I am donating a CUSTOM PET Painting portrait to Art Reach who is holding a Silent Auction showing 14 artists works that are up for bids. 100% of the funds collected goes to Art Reach who are fighting to bring art back into Elementary schools so its

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WOOFSTOCK was another great success this year with more than twice the amount of walkers and attendees. I donated a Prize of a CUSTOM PET PAINTING PORTRAIT to the winner. It was a perfect day with fabulous San Diego weather. I truly enjoy this event just for all the dogs and of course to donate to "Canine Companions for Independence" a very worthy cause. I just love seeing all the different

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Great things happening this month, La Jolla Pet Festival, Golf Event and O'Byrne makes the COVER of San Diego Pet Magazine!La Jollas First Pet Parade & Festivalbenefiting SNAPSaturday MAY 16th, 8am to 12pm Only!!! SAVE THE DATE!LOCATION = Intersection of Silverado & HerschelSchedule of Events8:30 am--Registration. Vendor booths and Pet AdoptionLook for the Green Banner -Odoodle.com Booth and

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San Diego Neighborhood Series painted on location.This months "San Diego Downtown News" Section B Cover, features an article by Marty Jones Westlin on downtown building and my San Diego Neighborhood Series of Watercolors. Above is the series so far. The originals of these plein air paintings will be on Sale at ART WALK for $150 each, in Little Italy on Sat and Sun, April 25th and 26th. There is

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This month O'Byrne is featured in a 3 page Magazine article in "Under The Sun" Magazine.There is also a link to this article online. Click here to view it: http://www.myunderthesun.com/npps/story.cfm?ID=296. In the magazine article they printed larger photos and included my head shot. I hope you enjoy it.Here is my latest 2 commissions: Norm and Jasper

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O'Byrnes' Oil Painting titled "Lillies at Night, Who Knew?" was juried into the the "Top 100 Show" of the Annual Southwestern Artist Association which takes place the 1st two weeks in March. Drop by and see some wonderful artwork in all mediums.Also O'Byrnes "Dancing with Light" was juried into this months show at the San Diego Watercolor Society along with a minature titled "Twos company, Threes

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Mark Your Calenders for 2 Great DOG Events!February 21 & 22, Sat. & Sun.The BIGGEST Dog Show of the Year!Silver Bay Kennel Club Dog Showat The Del Mar Fairgrounds - Seaside PavilionDrop by my Booth # 66 on the west side of Seaside PavilionHope to see you there!March 1st, Sunday1st Annual Doggie Street FestivalLocation: NTC Park off Rosecrans in Point LomaIts going to be a FUN event for you,

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Art Classes Sign up now for the new session starting Feb. 19th Wednesday Evenings from 6:30pm to 9pm in Mission Valley. Individual encouraging attention. $100 per month covers 4 classes at $25 per class. Additional Classes take place on Monday and Thursday evenings. Saturday & Sunday Afternoon Classes are available, inquire at dobyrne@me.com.Class Titles:+ Introduction to Drawing.+

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Artist Reception - Feb 15th, Sun. 4pm-8pm Artwork in all mediums, oil, watercolor, and pencil. From Figurative to Abstract. Join us for a fun evening in Kensington, meet new people, enjoy refreshments and enter to win a custom original pet painting for yourself or a friend. We look forward to seeing you at the show. Free Parking, Free Admission and Free Entertainment!Location: 4704

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Valentines day is only 4 weeks away! Looking for that Unique Personal Gift?Commission a Custom Pet Painting or if you'd prefer a portrait painting of your loved one.Order now to make the date!Call Deirdre at 858-254-1635or email DOByrne@me.com

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CAT Lovers, Mark your calendar for this Exciting Event held in Del Mar on Sat and Sun, January 24th & 25th. Please look out for my Booth, when you walk in I'll be at the opposite wall.Here is the information:SHOW HALL: Del Mar Fairgrounds - Exhibit Hall -2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar CA.DIRECTIONS TO SHOW HALL: From either direction on the San Diego Freeway Interstate 5 exit onto Via de La

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My client commissioned this painting of Tino for a good friend. Poor Tino has cancer. The good news is we got the painting to her friend while Tino is still with us. I wish him a speedy recovery with the least amount of pain. Such a sweet dog.The photograph I was given was Tino lying on the living room floor, so I made it more interesting by adding landscaping and some trees in the background to

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Here is a Watercolor of Max, who sadly passed away and is now in Dog Heaven. His owner really misses him and wanted to capture his spirit in a custom painting. So here he is with his stripes.Max, may you always have dogs to play with, toys and plenty of treats in Doggie Heaven :)

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Here is a photo of my latest commission of a a cute little Yorkie. I just love this breed so adorable.I had fun painting this and I hope my client will enjoy it as much as I did painting it.

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Wine Tasting and Auction for a Custom Original Pet Painting!You are invited to the Guardian Angels Animal Haven Inc. Rescue and Sanctuary for a blissful mid-week interlude hosted by Hacienda de las Rosas Winery at Plaza del Pasado in beautiful Old Town San Diego. Location: Hacienda de las Rosas Winery, Juan St. in Old Town, San Diego, CA 92101When: Wednesday, November 19 at 5:30PMPhone:

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Art, Wine and Cheese Opening Reception atThe San Diego Hospice this Sunday, Nov 9th.Ten of O'Byrnes Oil and Watercolor Paintings are on show for 2 months. Nov 1st to Jan 2nd at The San Diego HospiceDirections: 163 South towards downtown. Exit Washington St. West. Right on 3rd Ave. Right on Lewis, Left on 3rd Ave. End at 4311 Third Ave. San Diego, CA 92103

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I must apologize for the delay in blogging so I'll make up for it now and in the future ;)I do have some great news my name was in the San Diego Union Tribune yesterday as one of the San Diego Resident Artists who was juried into San Diego's 28th International Show. I am so honored to be in this show and even more so to have won the "Presidents Prize".It has been a very challenging year, some

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My painting of Brown Eyes was juried into next months show at San Diego Watercolor Society. You are welcome to the come to the reception this Friday, I unfortunately cannot attend as I am moving this weekend. Enjoy the show, drinks and apps. if you can make it ;-)SDWS Watercolor Exhibition Reception this Friday EveningThis Friday, August 1, from 5pm to 8pm, please join us for the opening

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Absolutely Delighted and honored to have one 2 prizes last night at Sophie's Gallery."Roller Coaster" received 3rd place and "Blue Eyes " received the "Peoples Choice" Prize so I am very happy to say the least. Thank you to those of you who voted for my painting.Also my painting was published in the Union Tribune on Thursday July 10th to showcase the event.

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Four of my original watercolors were juried in to Sophie's Gallery in El Cajon. I have just been informed that Rollercoaster my abstract painting shown above has won an award in The Second Annual Alley Cat Art Show which will be presented at the Artist's Reception this Friday, July 11 at Sophie's Gallery.The Reception is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Awards will be presented at around 5 p.m.Titles of

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San Diego Watercolor Society goes Red, White & Blue!The San Diego Watercolor Society presents an exhibition of original watercolor paintings entitled “Red, White & Blue.” Approximately 100 paintings created by SDWS members are on display and for sale. SDWS gallery is located in the Liberty Station NTC Promenade, in Point Loma. Gallery hours are 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday and

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I just received some GREAT news. My painting of "Whiskers" shown here was juried into the 28th International Watercolor Exhibition which will take place in October at The San Diego Watercolor Society. I am so honored to have a painting chosen for this great event especially as famous artists from around the States and abroad entered the competition. I'll let you know more details closer to the

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My painting of "Granpa" was juried into this months San Diego Watercolor Show which runs for the month of June. SDWS 2825 Dewey Rd # 105 San Diego, CA 92106 (619) 876-4550

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The Fiesta Del Sol Festival was a great success and it was nice to meet new people and share my artwork with them. It was a great 2 day event with wonderful live music and some very interesting vendor booths. I sold 6 original paintings along with signed prints and greeting cards.Here is one of my latest local scenes painted on location in Solona Beach.

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Here is a cute photo of the baby dove, a rare view without the Mother sitting on top of her!The nest is outside the living room and its been constantly occupied, a happening nest!

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I met this cute little girl while I was painting in Balboa Park and I asked her Dad if I could take her photo and he said yes...so cute, she was asking about my painting in Spanish and of course I haven't learnt the language yet...its on my to do list. She was so adorable so I had to paint her. I've always thought it would be so much fun to have a daughter ;-) well at least I get to paint kids

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Headed to the USS Midway on Sunday morning to meet some fellow watercolor painters. I've always wanted to see it so it was a fantastic morning. Thats me in the cockpit with my flight mate! I painted the view from the upper deck looking down on the statue of the Victory Kiss.It was great to be outdoors painting and what a view.Groups of school kids were packing up care packages for the boys in

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The perfect personalized gift, touches hearts and lasts a lifetime. Now accepting a limited number of commissions for 2008. Book your month now so you won't be disappointed!

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Woof Stock was a great success. A lot of wonderful people with their sweet dogs visited my booth and signed up for custom watercolor paintings of their loved ones. It was a wonderful event with dog games and competitions. The weather was perfect.Today the Lucky Winners from the Woof Stock Drawing were announced via email for the prize of a Custom O'Byrne Pet Painting. They have 2 weeks to claim

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I've been keeping an eye on my neighbors since they are two feet away from my studio window. The Parents are very protective of their kids, especially as there is a mocking neighbor nearby. I was watering the flowers today and I spotted Mom with her kids, so I had to take a photo! ok you know who I'm talking about, its the O'Bird family, aren't they precious ;-) Mom if you are reading this all

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This week I started working on preparing paintings and prints for my upcoming shows.I framed this painting of an abstract which I call "Roller Coaster". It reminds me of all the feelings and the wild colors of everything flashing by you as you scream with excitement and exhilaration. Wind whipping at your face and hair, not knowing whats going to happen next, all very exciting and uplifting!

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While I was house sitting I painted this still life with Barbaras home items, It was fun and I loved the way it turned out. Something soothing about dairy products and I must say the eggs, cheese, cream and butter are absolutely delicious in Ireland, i do miss these, but luckly I can buy my kerrygold butter here at Trader Joes and Ralphs!

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Sometimes its fun to just paint pictures from memory. I remember seeing a scene like this somewhere in a book or magazine so I tried to recapture the feeling of a snowing evening.

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I thought I'd paint a Golfer inspired by my friends Barbara and Jeremy who let me house sit for them and paint in their lovely patio surrounded by beautiful roses and flowers. I was there for 3 days in Oceanside and had a great time checking out the local scenery. I'm working on large piece of the view of their patio which I'll upload later. Barbara, Jeremy, my brother and Dad are all golfers so

deirdrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594706395019143640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665278194790513401.post-15844011685418699762008-04-07T23:32:00.000-07:002008-04-07T23:38:28.713-07:00

Walking along La Jolla Shores with my friend Kimberly we saw so many interesting shells. We met 2 women with their kids who were so cute playing in the sand making sand castles. I asked them if I could take some photos of their kids for a painting which I'll do later. This painting was inspired from that day. "Finding Sea Shells" watercolor.

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Another fabulous day in La Jolla, I couldn't resist painting this Lifeguard, boy is that a nice job sitting in his little green hut with a spectacular view! I sat on the wall and painted this painting 7"x10" which will frame at 11x14 for ArtWalk. I will have a limited number of this size originals for a very special offer of $59 during ArtWalk which is April 26th and 27th. (Booth 511 at Date/

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This past week was so much fun, I was painting in La Jolla when my friend Caroline called from New Zealand, next minute she says I can meet you in a couple of hours! Rudi her husband is a pilot for Singapore Airlines and he flies the LA Singapore route, a 16 hour flight, all business class! I've known them both for over 20 years and Caroline and myself were flight attendants back in the 80s. They

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"I love You Mom" Giraffe Mother & ChildWatercolor 36" x 24"Last week I started getting ready for ArtWalk, there is a lot to do and time is flying by.I also entered 2 paintings into the April Show at the San Diego Watercolor Society and just found out today that they were both juried in so I am delighted as it was a tough show with a lot of experts entering due to cash prizes. So my Giraffe

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Today I finished another Cat Portrait "Elsa"Don't forget to let me know if you or any of your friends would like a Pet Portrait, just forward my blog to them and my email address is dobyrne@mac.com to order a commission ;-)Have a great week!

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Painted a beach scene at sunset at Solona Beach. It was a beautiful day everyone in their swimsuits sunbathing and having picnics. Incredible weather for this time of year. I started painting in daylight and ended in sunset so it was a challenge!!!

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Monday 17th - Went to Balboa Park to paint but must admit I got distracted by all the goings on with St Patricks Day. So headed to the notorious Davis Marketing Celebration on 5th Ave where we had a great re-union with Leslie and her present and past employees plus family and lots of friends. It was a great time! the parade went right by her building so talk about front row seating!!Tues 18th -

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Tom Lambotte the Mac Guru came to my rescue thanks for the referral from Leslie Davis. He worked on my mac mini and saved me 17 gigs of space as my hard drive was completely full. So all I need now is more memory for things to work better. He will install this for me this Friday. He also showed me some tricks with my email so delighted for the help. If you need any help with your Mac please call

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Took a day trip out to Lake Poway to see the wild flowers and the lake with two painting buddies. This painting I need to fix. I will delete the 3 trees on the left and add a hill so your eye doesn't go off the page and make some other edits. I'll post the final one later.We saw lots of species of birds and I loved the geese but boy were they cheeky and made a beeline for me setting up my easel.

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Another wonderful painting day in paradise. It was blustery windy day so had some layers on. Fabulous pounding waves hitting the rocks. I had a great view from above. With all this painting going on I'm discovering how San Diego has so many fabulous views so I'll be busy for a long time ;-)

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This week I painted 2 paintings out in Peñasquitos Ranch. We have had fabulous sunny days but boy once in the shade it really felt chilly especially when you are painting and not moving much. A hare ran by with his cute white tail fluffed up, some ducks nearby quacked away to each other...they were the only sounds to be heard. So it was really nice to enjoy the peace and quite... made the time

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3.10.08 Head drawing from a live model of a young man in charcoal.3.16.08 Head drawing from a live model of a woman with a pony tail in charcoal.Great practice for my portrait commissions!

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Tina commissioned me to paint her black and white cat Elsa who sadly passed away but thankfully Tina had a great photo to paint her from and now she is remembered forever and gives joy to her family. Elsa is now in Kitty heaven surrounded by catnip and treats :-)

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Last week I finished a portrait of my Dad Kevin, from a photograph taken on my Christmas visit home to Dublin, Ireland. For me this captures him with his favorite cap. Its a surprise for him so it will be interesting to hear what he thinks about it. ;-)

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This is this weeks head drawing of a female model. I really enjoy drawing people from life, its so challenging, very good training and can be so rewarding when they work out to your liking!

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I had a wonderful morning in the countryside painting a mountain scene, didn't quite make it to the lake but did take some photos of horses and a donkey near by. Love those animals. It was so peaceful and relaxing away from phones, traffic and general man made noises!

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Last night I heard a strange noise coming from pipes in the garage and a visiting friend said not to worry about it unless you see water, as it sounded like a clog in the pipe. So I went back to work on my painting. Later that evening I noticed the toilet was looking low so I flushed it and Whoooa OVERFLOW time. (ok not the smartest thing to have done ;-)But it didn't just overflow in one toilet

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During my First week I received a phone call from Tina out of the blue whom I met at one of my art shows a year ago. She called to commission me to paint 3 portraits of her cats, sadly Elsa passed away but thankfully Tina has her favorite photo which I'll use as a reference. The other two: Simba and Whiskers are doing fine. Tina decided to hand deliver the precious photo rather than mail it which

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This week has been great for big waves in San Diego. I painted another 2 plein air watercolors in La Jolla, my 2nd attempt at painting big waves, tricky business! but so much fun. Above are 2 of this weeks paintings, The one of La Jolla Cove with the big wave was juried into The San Diego Watercolor Society and can be seen during the month of March along with another Italian painting of mine.A

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Drove over to Ocean Beach and painted a watercolor of the Cafe on OB Pier with some huge waves crashing in. It was an amazing day, can't beat this wonderful fresh air. Hope you get out for a walk today wherever you are!

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Full moon, that explains why today was a crazy day! ended up working on my other Barn Painting... (oil)

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Monday 2/187pm drove to Encinitas for head drawing from a live model. Its always good practice to draw from life.So much fun, I love it ;)

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2/18/08 Monday morning out to paint on location in La Jolla near Seal Beach. It was a cold rainy morning so had to walk to get the ol'circulation going and get a hot coffee before I could set up. Just as well I did as then the sun came out. Found a good spot and started painting a watercolor of the scene. Shirley from Ontario said she loved it and would I sell it, so I said sure and gave her my

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Feb 16th SaturdayPainted a watercolor in the Japanese Gardens at Balboa Park. Took on too much, tried to paint the waterfall, rocks and koi...so will need to go back to continue this painting, probably first day jitters! Beautiful sunny San Diego Day, had lunch there and walked around the park - fabulous!Feb 17th SundayPainted an oil painting on location of a barn up in Vista. Another fabulous

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A huge thanks to Leslie Davis (My Art Patron) for believing in me, my art and supporting my dream of marketing my fine art. I am getting many commissions for paintings of pets and people. Admittedly I need a steady income to pay the mortgage and those fun vacations but my nights and weekends are filled with creativity and doing what I love.I really appreciate your support and feedback on my art

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