Monday, November 23, 2009

Dog Tired (sold)

doggie portrait of four redbone coonhounds sleeping
on their favorite blue plaid blanket


©2009 Karen Mathison Schmidt


12 x 12 x 7/8 • acrylic on cradled Gessobord

private collection • Shreveport, Louisiana

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11 comments:

Sadia said...

Beautifully blended! and gorgeous colors! I love your style Karen.

Anonymous said...

Karen, this is wonderful! i love your colour handling.

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

Just amazing. You are unique in your handling of color. This is awesome.

Karen M Schmidt said...

Thank you all for your wonderful comments ...you're all so encouraging!

Gary Keimig said...

Very nice painting, Karen. I love your color work. Your pet portraits are outstanding.

Kelley Carey MacDonald said...

Rich colors, wonderful composition - you rang the bell with this one, Karen!

Connie Kleinjans said...

This one is adorable. The color palette works, it balances pattern and random shapes, and also, I love dogs, and they *so* relax in a pile.

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Did I mention that I LOVE THIS?

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

This is one of the best paintings I've ever seen. Can't help but comment again and again!

Karen M Schmidt said...

Thank you all so much! This is one of my absolute favorites, too ...

Mary, thanks! Three comments on one painting ... you’re too much!

Kristeena Crabb said...

I just discovered your blog when you left a comment on Lisa Daria's.

I really love your paintings and I especially love this one and your use of colors. It's breathtaking.

I look forward to seeing more.