Brande Arno Art

6 x 6 inches, Oil on Board This pug got herself entangled in her pink blankie, but don't think for a minute she isn't ready to show the cat who's the boss.  Enjoy the weekend. I know I will.

Buster 6 x 6 inches $ 80. I'm in the process of changing computers from a desk-top to a lap-top.  I'm having problems...Of Course!  Mainly with getting the wifi to work on the printer.  My hubby is going to help me archive and transfer files. This painting of Buster really reflects how I feel right now.  Jaw clenched and eyes about to roll from sheer frustration of not knowing how to get computers to work properly.  I need a teenager in the house!   

It's Friday, I worked a full week as an artist on various projects.  Cooper had the pleasure of being my muse for a set of Artist's Trading Cards featuring him.  They are packaged and ready to go in tomorrow's mail.  In the meantime, here is one of the set, that I'm keeping for my collection.  I just can't give away or sell this little image.  It looks easy, but not so!

I'm sure glad I did this pose of Yoggie.  He was a smart Pug and I feel as though I caught the feeling of him in deep thought.  My husband, Neill, is celebrating an important birthday today.  He is 62 and could take early retirement, but he won't.    Time to bake his cake!

6 x 6 inch oil painting on gessoboard.  You can purchase through http://www.dailypaintworks.com/ We are having quite the snowstorm here in the greater Rochester, NY area.  I am so glad I can stay honkered down in the studio with the woodstove going. 

I'm so glad I got this painting started and finished today.  I had so many interuptions to my easel time.  This is a 6 x 6 inch oil painting.  Available for $ 40.00 at dailypaintworks.com

I'm very happy with the outcome of this daily oil painting.  6 x 6 inches and instead of listing it as a daily paintworks auction, its offered for $ 40.00 to the first Pug breed lover.  Yoggie lovers are also welcome to inquire.  Email me for more info.

I've offically launched my first series of orginal oil paintings.  I've been painting pretty much full time since 1998 and never executed a series.  Yoggie is a good subject to capture, especially since he is in doggie heaven.  This painting is for sale and measures 6 x 6 inches.   Go to dailypaintworks.com to get in on the auction of this Yoggie piece.  Stay tuned for more Yoggie's!

She's not a chocolate chip cookie, she's Cookie the Schnoodle and she passes her time as a 10 lb. watch dog.  Everything gets noticed from a passing car, to the squirrels and deer.  We are trying to teach her to growl instead of bark.  It's going to be a long winter.   

This is a 6 x 6 inch oil painting of Yoggie, my late father's Pug and his very best friend. My father was never overweight but poor Yoggie, had quite an appetite and must be, a slow metabolism.  There was just more of Yoggie to love and he loved my dad well. Yoggie died about 8 mos. before my dad did.  I really like the faces of Pugs and have quite a few pictures of Yoggie to start a series, so stay tunned for more.   

Here is a scan of the painting I did on Dec. 12.  Still trying to work out Daily Paint Works.  I'd love to know how to get the widget code to copy and paste on this blog.

Cookie is my Schnoodle, a breed that is fifty percent Mini-Schnazuer and fifty percent Mini-Poodle.  She's one hundred percent love.  We adopted her almost one year ago and at that time, she was two years old.  She still nurses.  Don't leave your blankie out, she'll gather up a musselful and go to town. She's not picky about what blankie she nurses on.  It could be a Walmart couch throw at my house, or Macy's velvet on my daughter's couch.  I now pack nursing blankets for Cookie when we travel. I'm so happy to be painting in oil again.  I painted this yesterday from a sketch and then  took it's picture on my cell phone, so it's not the best quality.  When dry, I'll scan it, but at least I've learned how to save phone pictures to the memory card, push the same card into my printer and SAVE the file.  This took about 4 hours to figure out, because I'm not the sharpest kni...