Some recent pet portrait work!
I’m currently working on a couple art pieces to donate to Woodstock Farm Sanctuary’s Harvest Picnic Gala. It’s always nice to take a break from dogs and cats for a minute and paint some cows and goats.
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one of my 4″ x 6″ portraits
Cute little notecards that I painted for Taylor’s birthday last month, because I’m not the only one in the family who enjoys sending snail mail.
Snail mail is very important, and I firmly believe that you should send handwritten notes to the people you love. When my great-gramma died a few years back and my grampa was cleaning her house out, he was surprised at how many letters he found from me tucked away in drawers. Years and years worth — and the best part? She always wrote back to me in her beautiful cursive, beginning each letter with a “Dear Jordie” ❤
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Ahhh, pet portrait work. A real love/hate relationship for me, as some of you know.
Let me just say: as much as I love being able to share my artwork, there is a constant underlying stress when it comes to custom work like this. Especially when it’s dealing with peoples’ pets. Sometimes I think people may love their pets more than they love their own children (I mean, I can’t blame them…for 7 years my best friend was a guinea pig).
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Back in 2017 I took to Instagram to try and rustle up a following and audience to launch one of mine and my family’s grand ideas.
Spoiler alert: the idea was a joint-effort blog and business called Follow Us Home, which we successfully sustained for a couple years, before eventually shutting it down. I shared DIY tutorials; my mom shared vegan recipes, and all-natural cleaning products; my younger sister promoted sustainable, ecofriendly, and fair-trade clothing companies; and my older sister highlighted important charities that we supported. It was a wonderful, and exhausting, dream.
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