Four-Legged Friends
Paintings of Cats, Dogs, and Horses

Descriptions of artwork on this page:

• Working the Release Pen is a dog painting and western lifestyle art in acrylic which also features horses, cowboys, and sheep. The Meeker Classic International Sheepdog Competition is held annually in Meeker, Colorado. This painting depicts the release of the sheep onto the working field. In the distance you can see the area where the handlers, border collies, and spectators gather to watch this incredible event. It won the People's Choice Award.


• Still Sleeping? is a fine art pastel painting of a sleeping cat painted with soft, warm colors.


• Owney is a dog acrylic painting done for a family in honor of their beloved terrier, Owney.


• Sweet Dreams is a fine art image in pastels. My white cat was inspiration for many paintings. This pastel painting is another of him sleeping. This painting is touring western Colorado for one year on the ArtMobile, a wonderful service that provides supplementary art education to schools and institutions.


• Let's Go! is a dog painting in acrylic of two golden retrievers which now resides in a veterinary clinic somewhere in the U.S.


• Sweetie Cat is another pastel painting of my sleeping white cat.


• Fierce-Eyed Cat is an acrylic painting of my white cat. White cat redux.


• Soaking Up Sun, 1-4 are cat paintings in acrylic on linen. I found this image so appealing that I painted it four times, with subtle palette variations in each one.


• That Feels Great! is a pastel painting of a white cat, soaking up affection.


• Border Collie Fishing is an acrylic painting on board depicting a border collie whose attention is fixed on minnows swimming in the irrigation ditch he's submerged in.


• Move is a dog painting and western lifestyle art in acrylic. Nothing can move sheep like a good working dog, as shown in this painting of a determined border collie.


• Crossing the Chalk Line is a dog painting and western lifestyle art in acrylic. This painting on linen was the First Prize winner in the Art Competition at The Meeker Classic International Sheepdog Competition. It depicts a border collie moving sheep in front of the beautiful high desert landscape of Meeker, Colorado.