This is Mildlife

On Golden Porch

One thing I've learned over the years is that, for the sake of honesty in my art, I should paint from what I have lived.  Animals are what I know, and so they have become the focal point in most of my paintings.  There are plenty of wildlife artists out there, but my experience with animals has been of those tamed by humans and once tamed, dependent on them.

I call it "Mildlife. There is a beauty that radiates from a painting when it strikes an element of truth, and that beauty is what I am after.

This image is available on my Etsy site - 16x20, double matted, giclee for $40 + shipping.  Click here to visit my Etsy site to view this and many of my other paintings.

Please remember to responsibly take care of your animals, spaying and neutering when necessary.  There are several organizations that you can find in your own area by simply searching animal adoption and rescue.  One organization that provides solutions in the Piedmont Triad area of NC is http://www.aarfanimals.org/