Summer is winding down

The sun sets a little earlier, it's cooler at night, and the geese are overhead again. Yup, summer is starting to wrap up but I still have a few weeks of fun and warmth before pulling out the fall and winter clothes. Participating in making the Sheboygan Dog Run a success is really giving me a lot of opportunities to meet people and see a lot of variety of dogs. Some really beautiful pictures to be had for sure.

But soon the golden color will be from the leaves and not from the setting sun. It will be too cold to paint outside. But hopefully I have done enough networking to keep the interest flowing throughout the winter season. Was down a vehicle for a little over a month and sadly my shoulder does not allow for me to ride my bike back and forth to work enough to go long without one. A new Dodge Dakota with enough horses to make Kodiak blush, is the new ride around town. It will be off again to the parks for some more pictures long before the snow flies.

 Have been working on a new complex piece called "The Breakout" 

Of the 9 horses I have 3 started. It will hopefully be finished before the horse show September 24th.

Dog Park Commissions

Here's the first of a few portraits for dogs from the dog park:

Who says they have to be girly?

These are the days of our lives

  Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later- my blazer died. Fuel Pump. Well to be honest it has 187K on it and it has been a good reliable piece of machinery, despite what others have said. So for now yours truly is on her bike, because apparently with the new economy you need to make 1800 a month to get a car loan (which is crap). But on a happier note, some tips from a friend in Australia is helping with my online marketing, and with the truck down I have had time to focus more on things around rather than my next adventure. I have had time to get rid of a bit more crap that I was holding onto and will make a few days of cleaning out hard drives of doubles, blurry and useless photographs that I have just thrown on them. Got a bit involved in the care and upkeep of the local dog park which earned me a free ride home and some new friends. I am also looking at getting my art hung up in a few local businesses to get the word out. Hopefully this will pull in a few sales to get me a new set of wheels. The being grounded part of all this is just that. I have no excuse for not getting things nailed down and rebuild new habits about organizing the studio. No more piles of receipts and gigs of reference photos that I didn't take time to file away properly. The one really bad thing about this is that no car means no shows. But honestly I did the one show I really wanted to do so I'm not out anything I committed to doing. And I have plenty of Reference pictures for more work. So here's to grounding and rethinking my habits for a better smoother way of operating.