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Saying NO and STOP is a universal sign. This is the first sign you show when you want to protect yourself. As a practicing therapist I know from my private practice that saying no is one of the m...

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Sorry has a bad dog look... 'I wasn't so bad, don't be so angry' ... You might know this look your dog had made a mess in your bed even though it was a forbidden territory for them... oil ...

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Happy New Year Everyone! This is Happy here. He is a great teacher of happiness. Really. There are many dogs with slight sadness in their 'personality'. Happy is just not that kind of dog. He k...

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Sophie Catalina Marine by Daily Paintworks blog has included me on today's post - I talk  a little bit generally about painting and how to arrive at ideas for paintings and procrastination and ...

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I like to experience with coloured background. This time I've just  pushed the experience even further: wet fur on that coloured background. Have you take notice that in those big, fluffy furs t...

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Painting a sad dog is healing to the soul.  The experiment here is the vivid red base and the limited palette.  oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.128)  SOLD  My new best friends....

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Usually I have to find a reason why to paint a given painting. It can be a beam of light, a wonderful colour, a smile on a face, a .... whatever that touches my soul. If i don't find that specifi...

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Lately I painted a series of dog portraits. Here is the second in the row, Hugo. He is my new best friend. A totally different character than Titan . I don't know how it is with other artists, ...

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Meet my friend, Titan. He is my best serious friend. How could not be? With that face he has... he must be serious. Anyway he's a gentle giant. Please welcome him: oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in...

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Painting a single white flower is not the easiest task. There are so many white values we still call 'white' that after a while and a good amount of paint I ask the philosophical question: How mu...

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 This is my last painting of Khanom. I went up to the top of the flat rocks and put my painting equipment in the shadow of a palm tree. I didn't know that so many curious creature lived on thi...

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Usually the pools are built to look blue. But this one at the Lake Tisza was green, so green... and the reflection of the sun was so exciting... I have never seen anything like this. Look the con...

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A friend of mine, a nutritionist always says to pay attention to the colours on our plates. If we have the greens and yellows and blues and whites we more likely get all the nutritions we ne...

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The inspiration of this painting was the different colours and shadows of a sandy beach. The 'x' sign from mother nature is freshly formed daily. What you don't see on this specific painting is ...

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One of my favourite paintings is this one. It is so unusual for me to be compelled to paint those 'colourless days' of winter. But this scene was just irresistible. It was so irresistible that...

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A strawberry a day ... keeps me happy. oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.118)  Click here for purchase information

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oil on gesso board, 24x17 cm (No.117)  Click here for purchase information A morning in Khanom, Thailand. I went up to the rocks to paint this wonderful view. Please consider that I am...

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oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.116)  SOLD Update: this painting won an award

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Plain air painting, oh... those mosquitos and wind and sand...  well it's just not so easy to paint on site.  But the reward is that you can have a nice splash when you ready. oil o...

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You know that look, don't you?  You are his/her God. oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.113)  SOLD

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If ever need a teacher for stillness... here is an authentic one. oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.112)  SOLD

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...like two sisters oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.111)    SOLD

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My small paintings are on the show.

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oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton,  and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side, ready to hang on  7.9 x 7.9 in (No.110)     SOLD

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oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.109)  SOLD

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