Frog Prince ACEO

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Multimedia Artboard
Reference photo of frog provided by Gabe Lees.

Inspired by the beautiful paintings of frog prince by my fellow artist Melody Lea Lamb, I did this painting last week. The photo of this beautiful frog was provided by nature photographer Gabe Lees. Thanks Gabe!

I had problems painting the stone, as usual and as you can see. I consulted with my fellow artist Alice Thompson who has recently produced amazing painting of a fish bone and stones. I realize that I need lots of practices on stones and rocks among many other things.

Noblesse Award

I was given Noblesse Award by my fellow artist Doris Britt whose kindness to all creatures is apparent everywhere in her blog. Doris, I'm so glad that I found your blog, and thank you for this wonderful award.

I've been blogging for about 8 months now and met so many wonderful bloggers. Every morning I can't wait to finish my daily chores (giving fresh water to cats, feeding fish, filling bird feeders, changing water and filling food for outdoor critter
visitors, watering plants, giving medications to a couple of cats, making coffee, and having breakfast; the rest is my husband's chores such as feeding the cats and cleaning the litter boxes), so I can check my blogs.

Blogging has become an important and fun part of my life and has expanded my world. It's like I have all my favorite friends right next door. Thank you all who have supported me and my art by visiting and commenting on my blog.

Details of Noblesse Award:

The recipient of this award is recognized for the following:
- The Blogger manifests exemplary attitude, respecting the nuances that pervade amongst different cultures and beliefs.
- Their Blog contents inspire; strives to encourage, and offers solutions
- There is a clear purpose at the Blog; one that fosters a better understanding on Social, Political, Economic, the Arts, Cultures, Sciences and Beliefs
- The Blog is refreshing and creative- The Blogger promotes friendship and positive thinking.

The Blogger who receives this award will need to perform the following:
- Create a post with a mention and link to the person who presented the NoblesseOblige Award- The Award Conditions must be displayed at the Post
- Write a short article about what the Blog has thus far achieved, preferably citing one or more older posts as support
- The Blogger must present the Noblesse Oblige Award in concurrence with the Award conditions
- Blogger must display the Award at any location at their Blog.

So I'm going to pass this one to:
Mona Conner
Linda of The Briar Rose Gate
Liz Holm

Currently Available for Sale

These three paintings are currently for sale on eBay. To see the listings, click the images below.

Size: 5 x 5 i nches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Hardboard
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This is Ginger Megs who lives in Australia. He is one of the Psycho Kitties. You can enjoy his video here. Make sure you have your sound turned on.

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches (ACEO)
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Illustration board
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This is one of our cats Freddy. He is my husband's office manager. His main responsibilities include: comfortably sit on Curt's desk and watch him work, regularly have Curt throw stringed toys to make sure that Curt gets enough exercise, and occasionally sleep on Curt's lap to keep him warm while he works.

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Multimedia artboard mounted on illustration board
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Frog ACEOs

Title: Frog #6 (Blue-jean frog)
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Multimedia Artboard

Title: Frog #5 (Red-eyed tree frog)
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Illustration Board

I love frogs. Visiting James Perker's wonderful blog, I just had to paint one. Yesterday, I worked on this blue-jean frog, the first one shown above. If you are interested in Costarican wildlife, you must visit James Parker Art.

The blue-jean frog is one of the most conspicuous of the Costa Rican frogs, measuring only 3/4 to 1 inch. These frogs eat large quantities of tiny ants that contain concentrations of alkaloids, which are important factors of their skin toxin.

The red-eyed tree frog (the second one shown above) is from 2 to 3 inches on average. Young frogs are typically brown in color and turn greener as they mature. These frogs are not poisonous.

Monty

Size: 8 x 10 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Hardboard
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This is one of the commission portraits I've just finished. The name of this adorable Sheltie is Monty. The reference photo given to me was not good enough to work from, so I researched and found a perfect ref photo at WetCanvas. Yes, it's this sleeping dog because Monty is blind.

My client purchased this commission as a gift to her husband. When I showed the image of the painting, she said "This will bring tears to my husband's eyes ..." What a nice compliment! It's so rewarding to do commissions when the paintings make your clients happy.

Cats-A-Way Cats, one of the charities I have been supporting, is in desperate need for help right now. Their shelter building was damaged in flood and they need funds to rebuild it. Currently they have no place to house their incoming cats/kittens except their home and it is FULL. Any amount of donation will help. This is their website and this is their donation page with Paypal link.

Two New ACEOs

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Multimedia Artboard
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Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Medium: Acrylic
Support: Multimedia Artboard
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I just listed these two ACEOs on eBay. The first one is one of our cats Temmy. I like the intense gaze in both pieces. To see the listings, click the image.

As you can see in these paintings, the pupils of domestic cats are slits while big cats have round pupils like people.