Thanks E! I hadn't worked that large in awhile, so it was a journey! Thankfully the clients are thrilled!

My most recent commission just completed. Gracie, a beautiful Greyhound, sadly passed to the bridge.
24 x 18, acrylic on canvas.

Beautiful work! Nice sense of action in the waves, and the tense mood of the approaching storm! All captured and portrayed very well!

Singular wrote:Fantastic, Barb. Just great.

Thanks so much Joe!

Hi Steven, I'd be interested in talking to you1 My website has alot of my work examples. I am availabel for commissioned work and do alot of donations to animal rescues. i paint in a realistic style, and my goal is to capture the spirit and soul of my subjects. My website- http://www.BarbYatesPetPor...

I've been super busy doing the other thing I do, which is to redo, refinish, repurpose and BUILD furniture. I only do this through the warm months as my garage has No heat, lol. Here's a few pictures of what I do- The first is an example of a recent Harvest table/bench I built. I don't build chairs,...

Another recent News Article about my Painting donation efforts to help shelter dogs get adopted!

http://thesouthern.com/lifestyles/leisu ... f887a.html

Wow John! I love this! Incredible work here, you should be proud!

Jethro is a red-ticked coonhound currently residing at the Perry County Humane society in Du Quoin, IL. He's sadly been there for almost 12 months now. He thinks cats are racoons, so finding a family/person to adopt him, has been difficult. I painted his portrait and donated it to the PCHS, in hopes...

Thanks so much Rebecca and Nigel! I cannot apologize enough for my terribly slow response...my bad...so sorry. Here's a picture of Aries as she was adopted by her new family on Mar. 4th! As per my usual, they were given my portrait of Aries as my gift! I've had great success in helping these once ov...

Thanks so very much Brian and gray.weed95, so sorry for my slow response!

Thank you so much, Rebecca and Jenn, and so sorry for the slow responses!

Thanks again Joe and E! I'm so sorry for my slow responses, just been crazy busy lately

Thanks so much Joe and E! Much appreciated!

Thanks so much Nigel and E!

Thanks Brian! I'm so sorry for the long delay in response!

Wanted to share some great news! Twix was adopted on Mar. 29th! Here is a photo of Twix just before he went home with his new family. doesn't he look happy? His new owners were given my portrait of him as my thanks for adopting him

Thanks ALL! here is a picture of Sgt. Molina the day he received the portrait of MWD BAK. Bak's remains have since been brought home to Fort Stewart, GA, and will have a Military memorial on May 14. SGT. Molina is at home recovering from his injuries he received during the same incident that took BA...

I recently completed this Memorial portrait of a K-9 Police dog named tommy. Tommy was a member of the Tiffin, Ohio PD K-9 unit. Sadly, after many years of bravery and dedicated service, this beautiful Dutch Shepherd, lost his battle with cancer- 2/20/2012. I was very moved when I read about Tommy, ...

Thanks Joe, much appreciated.

Bravo! Very well done!