Art by Kris

2011-07-28T14:35:00.003-04:00

Ok, so I wanted to do a tropical painting with palm trees. I like palm trees :) This painting is 36" x 24" acrylics on canvas.

Book Painting

2011-06-30T22:33:00.006-04:00

This is one of my paintings I did for a book deal. I am working on some art for a possible children's book. Hopefully things work out and this project get's finished. This will be a really cute book for kids who love dogs!

Tiled Old Table

2011-06-29T19:23:00.008-04:00

My first attempt at tiling. I wish I would have taken a before picture to show the difference. Oh well, I'll remember next time. I will be doing some more tiling, mosaics in the future. This is fun!

Splash!

2011-06-25T13:32:00.011-04:00

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My dogs love the water. We go to many places for them to swim and have fun. We'll take a favorite toy of theirs or use sticks for them to chase after in the water. This will entertain them for hours.

One of the dogs running through the water.
Acrylic on canvas

Sofa Art?

2011-01-07T12:29:00.004-05:00

This is a simple design I painted with acrylics on 2 canvas panels. I would like to do more of these multi canvas panel paintings.

5 Puppies

2010-05-17T10:24:00.004-04:00

I was going through some of my art supplies and found some scratchboard paper and decided to do something with it. I haven't done scratchboard since high school so this was just a fun project for me.

2010-05-13T18:56:00.004-04:00

Untitled
Undersea Fish painting
24" x 30" Acrylic

2010-05-13T18:52:00.006-04:00

"Sharing"
Mixed Media

2009-10-17T12:55:00.003-04:00

I made the mistake of varnishing this painting before I took the picture so it looks a bit distorted.

Fall Waterfall

2009-09-18T11:00:00.003-04:00

Did a painting with a fall feel to it. I never intended to put the White Shepherds in this one but somehow I ended up adding them.

Some Days I Just Don't Care

2009-07-21T13:38:00.004-04:00

Acrylic on Canvas

The Temperamental Iguana

2009-06-06T10:26:00.008-04:00

I keep looking at my daughters Iguana wondering how an animal can stay in one position for such a long time and never move. He looks like a statue with the slightest movement seen on his belly for breathing. He hates to be held and gives you a look of, you better leave me alone or else, then you'll receive a swat from his tail. He's not my kind of pet, I prefer the dogs, but he is a unique subject to paint.

A Couple Pieces I am Currently Working on

2009-02-23T18:45:00.014-05:00

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Here is the updated piece, I surprised myself going back to this one and retouching it. You can see the changes from the photo below. Of course my daughter is the inspiration behind this painting, I over exaggerated her hair length and features to give it a more mystic feel.

This is the layout for my next piece. I am not sure yet if I will do this in acrylics or pastel. I am leaning more on pastel/colored pencil. Of course this is of my dogs while they were playing with a rope, I didn't get a picture but I did remember in my head how cute they looked so I had to draw them.

This is a 9" x 12" acrylic painting on canvas board. I have been pretty busy and haven't done much to it in a while so I figured I would post it until I get a chance to work some more on it. The colors look flat, but usually once I stop and lose interest with a painting I never go back to it, so it might have to do.

Winter Friend

2008-11-21T14:50:00.008-05:00

This is an acrylic on canvas painting. Titled "Winter Friend" it measures 9" x 12" and is currently for sale in my Etsy shop. Below is the painting before adding in the fox and other highlights.

Here is the painting after adding the fox.

close up of the fox

2008-11-15T14:55:00.007-05:00

Acrylic on canvas panel. These little gold finches were too cute not to paint. I really enjoyed painting them. I'm pretty sure their colors darken a lot in the winter so I didn't add any snow with the brighter yellows added in, although I wanted to.

2008-11-14T08:42:00.003-05:00

Acrylic on canvas panel. I was painting trees and thought it looked boring so I decided to put a deer in to give the eye more to look at.This is another small 5 x 7 painting so I couldn't put in as much detail as I would have liked.

2008-11-12T15:31:00.006-05:00

White Shepherd Christmas painting mounted on wood.

SOLD

Beach and Undersea Mural

2008-06-14T13:38:00.010-04:00

Ok, so I've been working on this mural and I guess I'll call it finished now. I could add some more to it but I think it's "ok" the way it is. I needed to do a beach scene on the one side and the undersea on the other side of the room. This mural covers 3 walls in the bedroom while the 4th wall will be covered in fish netting with fish and seashells etc. attached. The beach ball was added as a recommendation as well as possibly putting in some jumping dolphins. Although the jumping dolphins would look good in this, I decided to leave them out. I wanted more of a relaxing beach scene and I think the beach ball added just the right amount of fun to it as well as the seagulls giving just the right amount of movement. I didn't want the eye to get too caught up on having to look around at too many objects. The walls themselves are not smooth but have a pattern to them. Almost like the pattern that you see on a ceiling, so painting with more detail can be a bit harder to achieve and since I am so impatient and need to rush through things I didn't worry too much on too much detail. I think it worked out fine since this is a little girls room. I have done other wall murals and paintings in the past but this is by far the largest of all of them.

2008-04-11T18:42:00.006-04:00

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I wanted to try doing a monochromatic painting. I haven't done one since I was in art school. This was fun to do as well as my subject matter.I do need to work on this some more but wanted to post something since I haven't in a long time. I see my darks and lights can be a little stronger but right now I have lost interest and need to start on another painting. Hopefully I will figure out what exactly needs to be done to this to make the eye see a more brilliant burst of light. Thats it for now.

Smile

2008-01-27T22:02:00.001-05:00

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FOR SALE

A few quick ACEO's

2008-01-14T10:43:00.000-05:00

ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) are highly collectible miniature works of art, created in a wide variety of media. Each one only measures 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".

They are a great way to start or broaden your art collection.

I think I will be doing more of these tiny paintings. It is very challenging to paint so small. The ones above were my very first ACEO paintings and were fun as well as a great learning experience for me with this size work.

Vigilant

2007-12-12T21:11:00.000-05:00

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This is my newest painting of the White Shepherd. This is done with acrylics on canvas and is of pretty good size measuring 36" x 24". I really wanted to create a winter scene because I think the snow and the White Shepherd look amazing in the right setting together.

Thank You Postcool1 for helping me decide on a name for this piece.

Limited Edition 36" x 24" Prints Available

I'm Sorry

2007-10-31T10:15:00.000-04:00

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Here is kind of a funny painting of my dog Ice. She is always looking at me with her ears back as if she did something wrong. The way she was looking at me made her nose and muzzle look bigger than usual, in a comical yet pitiful way. I thought this would be a fun painting as well. It's hard to tell she is a shepherd with the ears back like that.

Prints Available

Halloween Painting

2007-10-22T18:08:00.000-04:00

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It's close to halloween so I decided to paint a whimsical painting of a White Shepherd Family with a halloween theme. I was trying to get away from the more detailed and serious painting and just relax and create something fun.

Prints Available

German Shepherd / White Shepherd

2007-10-07T18:27:00.000-04:00

I am fascinated by both the German Shepherd and the White Shepherd. They are just beautiful animals and one of my favorite subjects to paint.

8" x 10" Prints Available

My Children

2007-09-22T22:00:00.000-04:00

Some Pen and Inks

2007-08-23T10:57:00.000-04:00

Some Older Sketches

2007-07-23T12:16:00.000-04:00

More Acrylics

2007-07-23T11:24:00.001-04:00

Prints Available