Troy Boy

10x8" Oil on Linen Panel
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My cousin found Troy at an animal shelter when he was about two years old.  Sometimes we keep Troy while Mary Jo is out of town.  He is the most beautiful creature!  For some reason, he doesn't bark...ever.  He just makes a funny Scooby Doo sound as if he is trying to talk.  He is very playful and affectionate, and loves to run in our back yard, sniffing out something interesting in the grass, and rolling in it.  One of his favorite places to hang out is the crawl space under my studio.  I kind of like that.

In the reference photo (couldn't get him to sit for this painting), Troy is sitting with his back to the sunlight, which is pouring into the room, casting mahogany reflections into the shadows of his fur.

" Drawings"

I have not painted in a week or so. I am singing in a wedding on Saturday, and I'm avoiding the medium fumes, which have a toxic effect on my voice. So, I thought I would post these drawings.

The child is my daughter, Anna, at the age of two. She was watching "Beauty and the Beast". That's the only way I could be sure she would be still long enough to capture her in a drawing. I guess it took about 90 minutes or so. When the movie was over, she picked up a pen and came right at me to "help". If you look closely, you will see the pen mark coming right out of her forehead. Hence, the darkened background. Anna is now seventeen. She has long, thick curly hair. I hope to capture my beautiful girl in an oil painting before she leaves for college next fall.

The other drawing is of me and my beloved cocker spaniel, Sadie. I did this drawing in 1986 from a photograph.