"LOLA" 94/101 OF 101 PET PORTRAITS IN 101 DAYS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Lola"

6"x6" oil on slightly textured panel

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You know the song..."her name was Lola, she was a showgirl..."...YEP, that song played in my head the whole time I painted Lola!  I don't know her exact breed, but she could be a showgirl. lol...she was fun for that and...she was FUN to paint because of the colors...BUT NOT fun to photograph! HA.  SO MUCH COLOR in her...I LOVED this fauvist dog!  However, our weather is so poor I was forced to take photos indoors with artificial light.  I think it came out ok, but again, some of the things that show as blue have purple in them as well.  I only know to say that she looks just fine either blue or purple!  The background for Lola is a greyish blue, so that was another one that was difficult to photograph accurately. Such is life!  Michael Hofman sent me photo of Lola and immediately I saw all the color...she comes ready to frame or sit on an easel.

Lola's frame suggestions; as with all the others came from pictureframes.com.  They are floater frames, which means all the edges show.  The ptg is mounted from underneath.  This is a great type of frame for paintings that have subject matter that is very close to an edge...plus it is kind of modern.  Museums will have these frames along with the traditional ones.  The easel she is shown in I purchased at Hobby Lobby.

 Black Floater Frame CF1

 Gold Leaf Floater Frame

CFS3

Maple Floater Frame

CFS10

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"SCOUT" 93/101 OF 101 PET PORTRAITS IN 101 DAYS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Scout"

6"x6" oil on slightly textured panel

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Scout is a pet kid of some friends of Michael Hofman.  He is getting a couple friends some pet portraits as a gift.  WHAT A NICE FRIEND!  I love these faces there the pups have their face right in the camera and they are obviously happy...Michael sent me a couple photos but lets me pick...the face just says...I love you...UNCONDITIONALLY! 

Scout is a fauvist dream...orange, green, purple, yellow! WOO HOO!  His beautiful brown eyes and that sweet come hug me face.  The colors in Scout may be a little off...they are not as bright and strong as here...but buttery.  It has been raining and the light is terrible for photographs!

Notice how the colors change ever so slightly with just the slightly different light in each photo.  I'll try to give you the closest to accuracy as I see them on my monitor!  What a challenge it is sometimes!

 This is TOO BRIGHT in the colors...the light was really dark in this photo, so my changes to get the VALUES correct make the background colors way too bright...think these colors only buttery...ha.  This easel is one I found at Hobby Lobby.

The background colors here are closer to actual...see the difference...the buttery look...however...the changes in the photo lightened Scout's colors a bit too much! HA!  The frame is a floater frame you can find at pictureframes.com.  CF1

This is the maple floater frame; CFS10.  I think color is pretty ok here...Scout MAY be a little darker than in this photo.

Gold Leaf floater frame; CFS3. I think this version edited about the same...but the background is a bit better here...FUN DOINS!

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"SAUCY JACK" 92/101 OF 101 PET PORTRAITS IN 101 DAYS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Saucy Jack"

6'x6" oil on slightly textured panel

$75

Available through my WEBSITE

This is my friend Celeste's cat called "Saucy Jack".  I LOVE his name!  It is so hard to photograph purple things for some reason...they come out blue...so, Saucy Jack has more deep purple than blue, but I promise it looks great.  Such a fauvist flair!  I gave him a great apple green background to pull out his eyes; which were also a fun green!  Saucy comes ready to frame, or can sit on an easel like one shown; I purchased mine at Hobby Lobby.

 

 Black Floater Frame

CF1

 Maple Floater Frame

CFS10

 Gold Leaf Floater Frame

CFS3

frames can be purchased through pictureframes.com

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"MARKER" 91/101 OF 101 PET PORTRAITS IN 101 DAYS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Marker"

6"x6" oil on slightly textured panel

$75

Available through my website

Marker is a fun fauvist example...there is a lot of color woven into his portrait!  Purples, oranges, yellows and those green eyes!  I have been in love with turquoise of late and for this cat it just worked for the background.  Jan Smith; Marker's pet mom; inherited Marker when her father passed away.  Marker reminds me of a cougar...I don't know many of them, but for some reason he reminds me of them.  It could be the coloring in the photo, never the less I VERY respectfully painted him! lol  Marker comes ready to frame or he also looks great sitting on an easel!

The following examples for possible display choices are an easel and FLOATER FRAMES.  For those who may not have been following for long, a floater frame is a frame that shows the all the painting edges.  A regular frame takes up about 1/2" on each side of a painting.  These portraits have mostly been cropped so the face fills most of the frame, so some may want to show all the way to the edge.  These frames allow this.  You can purchase any of the following frames from pictureframes.com in their floater frame section.  

 I purchased my easel at Hobby Lobby.  It is a great simple way to display your portraits.

 Black Floater Frame

CF1

 Gold Leaf Floater Frame

CFS3

Maple Floater Frame

CFS10

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"SWEETIE PIE" 90/101 OF 101 PET PORTRAITS IN 101 DAYS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Sweetie Pie"

6"x6" oil on slightly textured panel

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"Sweetie Pie" is a precious little white German Shepherd pup.  There was so much opportunity to play with color and pattern with this little pup.  If I could GUESS, her background colors MAY be a little lighter than shown, but the effect of the contrast of strong color against the white fur of Sweetie Pie it's hard to tell.  I promise she does NOT look garish...just full of color and spirit!  As with some of my latest paintings that had some background pattern, I slipped a little in with Sweetie Pie.  I have TONS of different stamps, but for the moment I am enamored with the honeycomb pattern.  Sweetie pie is "sister" pup to Norma Newton who is giving her to her dad Norm and his wife Kathryn for his 80th birthday.  Is is a surprise...so...SHHHHH.  :)

Sweetie Pie is a darling girl in each of her display choices.  The easel was purchased at Hobby Lobby, and the floater frames were found through pictureframes.com.

 Maple Floater Frame

CFS10

 Gold Leaf Floater Frame

CFS3

Black Floater Frame

CF1

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