About Scout                                                            oil on canvas                                                           36" x 36" 

 This is the video from Scout Dog Reed's unveiling party:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0MKgAZHcaw&feature=email

In case you're wondering if I've embellished his love for toys,

here is a recent picture from his owner.  He's just as cute in person.

"...there is a quality in dogs...rarely to be seen elsewhere and that is affection:  not the violent possessive protective love for their owner but rather that  mild, steady attachment to their friends that we see quite often in the best sort of dog."

 Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour 

Clinker Tag 

 I'm honored to be included in The Artist's Magazine June issue for an article on painting dogs, titled Dog Daze.