4 posts tagged “painting”
Since we've been back in Dallas, the HOUNDMADE studio has been bustling. In case you didn't hear, HOUNDMADE products are now for sale at a really cool store here in Dallas, called HOUSE OF DANG!
Jennifer has plans to get some more collars out there in the retail world before the end of the Summer. Right now, however, she's been pretty busy painting portraits and such.
She just sent off Abby and Maya and now she is painting a memorial portrait of a dog named Fidget.
The painting includes the dog's person which is not something Jenn does very often, but I think it's coming along nicely. After Fidget, comes Bebe, then Gwen (the famous House of Dang dog) and then...me??? Come on, mom...I need my portrait!
These two paintings are experimental works using Fimo clay. Jenn often works on these small paintings while she is working on dog portraits as a creative release. Painting portraits requires a lot of focus. She has to get everything just right, or else the portrait will not resemble the person or dog as it needs to. So, these other little paintings give Jenn a few moments of freedom to play.
Matt's been busy reorganizing the garage. He has some plans for some new leash hangers and dog feeders when he is done cleaning. As usual, he's been visiting the Depot about 10 times a day. He just can't seem to get enough of that place.
As for me, I've just been trying to help keep the studio clean by eating anything that falls on the floor. (Fimo is not that yummy, FYI.) and hanging out with Annie waiting patiently for my next modeling call.
Happy 4th of July!!!
Bark, Bark.
And now for the good part....The part before College Station. New Mexico!!!
New Mexico is beautiful. I love LOVE the mountains, the dry air, the cool mornings and evenings. There is also this sense of creativity in the air. You just want to sit down in the middle of it all and paint your very own Georgia O'Keeffe. The landscape is really so inspiring. Yes, even to a dog.
Speaking of dogs, Albuquerque is such a dog friendly city too. People and dogs go everywhere together....shopping, eating, hiking, swimming, biking.....and a lot of people have big dogs like me. The people are unpretentious and really nice, which was refreshing. Jenn kept noticing the lack of designer bags, fancy cars, and plastic surgery. I think I heard Jennifer say that she wanted to move there, oh, about a million times a day. I don't blame her. It's a great place.
Another great part of the trip was that Annie and I finally got to meet our cousins, Buckley and Vegas. They live with our Auntie Cathy in Albuquerque. We got to hang out at the park everyday and look at each other. Yeah, that's right. Just look at each other. We were so excited to see each other, that we had to stay on our leashes and keep at least a couple of feet distance between us. I'll have to say, they were pretty cool. Maybe next time we can get a foot closer.
Here is a picture of them sitting in front of a painting that Jennifer did of them a few years ago.
My first road trip was a lot of fun. I can't wait to go on many many more in my doggie lifetime. I won't say much more because I think the pictures we took say the rest.
Thanks, Auntie Cathy for letting us stay with you. We had so much fun!
Bark, Bark.
It's the latest to come out of the HOUNDMADE dog portrait studio.
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