Rose of Sharon

I did this painting some time ago. In fact, it is one of the first ones that I put on my blog. If you go back far enough you will see it. I finally got a frame for it and just wanted you to see it framed. When I photogrpahed it yesterday I saved it to my painting folder and called it White Hybiscus, then realized it really was a Rose of Sharon. I have photos of both and have a hard time distinguishing between them sometimes. I am not too flower literate. This is an 8x12 oil, painted on gessoed masonite and I remember I painted it so fast. It just seemed to fall into place. Some paintings are like that and other I just work and work and sometimes they don't turn out so good.

Rocky Hollow Firecracker "Cracker"

I am replacing a previous posting of this dog as I took another photo with better lighting and it does show the color better. This female pointer is last year's winner in the 25th NBHA Futurity Championship and the owner of the dog will be presented with this painting in March, 2012. The owners are Brian and Georgie Casey of New Columbia, Il. The dog was handled by Brian. It is a 16x20 oil, painted on a linen canvas panel.

Rocky Hollow Firecracker

This is a painting of the Futurity Champion. I painted this to be given to the winner's owner at the annual competition in March 2012. I am blogging it in the frame as I think it adds so much to it. My frame came from laframe.com. They are always so prompt in getting frames to me. I ordered from them on a Monday and got the order in on Friday and that is with a few custom sizes. This is a 16x20 oil on a linen canvas panel.