Shiny New Tweaks!

SHINY NEW TWEAK #1 

Here in my studio we are always cooking on the next enjoyable mode of making my artwork accessible to you.  Michelangelo my art manikin can be credited for overseeing the production of the two videos now available for your watching pleasure on this website.  Just click on the tab bar PORTFOLIO VIDEOS at the top of the blog/home page, grab some popcorn, sit back and enjoy!  One video is of my wildlife and western landscapes.  The other is of my western lifestyle art.

SHINY NEW TWEAK #2

Anyone who adores their pet can now commission a portrait by me on this website.  All the information for that process can be found by clicking on the tab bar ANIMAL PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS.

SHINY NEW TWEAK #3

It is now possible for you to order prints of almost all my artwork using the secure Paypal button.  Prints are available in two sizes:  

8" x 10"

11" x 14"

To order, just click on the tab bar PRINTS OF ORIGINALS found on the top of the  Blog/Home page of this website.

Okay...that's enough new for you!!  Let's wrap things up with what I created earlier in my studio this week....a watercolor portrait of one of my favorite little dogs!  Drum roll, please.....................BOOM!  And here's the infamous Leo of the very popular Leo Diaries on Youtube produced by my son Joe Patterson.

While I was working on this portrait, I was recalling all that I knew about Leo.  He has a lion-hearted personality!  He is so loyal and protective of his owner, my daughter-in-law Crystal.  Leo loves to play fiercely with his little puppy toys.  He can greatly overdose on relentless toss and retrieve games.   He loves being the Alpha dog to his canine companion who is a big German Shepherd named Griffin.   And when he looks up at you in a mellow moment with those big brown eyes, your heart melts like a stick of butter in a frying pan.  I wanted a likeness in my portrait that captured all that. 

So it is with the portrait of our lives that the great Creator God is working in those who love Him.  He is so intent in crafting into every part of our lives a resemblance of the Lord Jesus Christ so that our speech, thoughts, behavior and personality bring the fragrance of Christ to those who encounter us.  He's making us new.  Exciting and full of hope and possibility!

Be brave and courageous!