Thursday, March 31, 2011

New Pet Portraits Just Posted!

Visit my Pets Page to see the two new portraits I posted today, Pete, an adorable Jack Russel Terrier and Tigger, a grey tiger cat with an attitude!  I am just completing a painting of two happy goats that I photographed in the Mad River Valley and am reining in my use of color to paint a "serious" memorial portrait of Daisy, a beagle mix with a big heart.   Yesterday I attended Arts Advocacy Day events sponsored by the Vermont Arts Council.  The afternoon panel was based on using social media to market your art, so here I am today, blogging, trying to increase my footprint on the worldwide web!  Thanks to the Arts Council for all their services for Vermont artists and for a very interesting day.  Of course I'd rather being putting footprints in the snow with my best freind Mizar, but there will be plenty of opportunities to do that with the big storm forecasted for tomorrow!  I have several group exhibits in the works and hope to be posting more information to my News page soon, but for now will wish everyone a happy day...and give all your pets a big pat from me!

2 comments:

Martha C. Hall said...

Nice pet portraits Chris! Sounds as if you have a good Arts Council to support you. It's tough doing it all ourselves, but that's the name of the art game these days!

Christine Hartman Art said...

Vermont is a very art freindly state. We have a good Arts Council and I am part of a new Art Collective that is forming in the area... Art is definitely an "on your own" profession, but it's great to have a little support!