Brande Arno Art

Cooper's Eyes 16 x 20 inches Oil on Board- NFS I received a comment from another blogger about the In-process painting of Cooper that I posted several days ago.  I just realized I did not post the finished piece, so here it is.  In process of this painting can be found on my facebook page www.facebook.com/brandearno  

Cooper 16 x 20 inches, Oil on Board No, this painting is not finished... but darn close.  This is the stage where I can loose the freshness and so I'm almost afraid to proceed.  Because of this fear, yesterday I started a painting of my other doggie, Cookie: Cookie, 12 x 16 inches, Oil on Board This is the initial lay-in and I just love what I captured here.  So I thought I was on a roll until I stopped my painting day and ended up with this: I ended up with some of this piece being overworked.  I do plan on finishing both of my puppy-dog paintings today.  I'm going to conquer my fear of finishing these pieces by showing that inner voice of fear the door out of my studio.

Cooper's Caper (Unfinished) Here is one of three entries for the Canine Art Guild's all member show entitled "Puppies!"    The inspiration for this piece is my very own Cooper when he was about 6 months old.  He latched onto a roll of toilet paper from my upstairs linen closet and instantly became a puppy paper shredder.  He toilet-papered my studio floor, raising the bar for Halloween night pranksters. My husband walked in on him and right away grabbed the camera.  I can't think of a better piece to enter into this show.  The painting is not finished, but worked enough to see how I plan on grabbing the viewer's heart.  I'll probably not post the finished piece until after the show goes live. Woke up with another migraine and thankful to have some productivity in spite of it.  Before you pull out your sheet music to play your finger violin,  know that I also have my lower back giving me trouble.  Going to see my Chiropractor...