Pet Portraits. Remember the painting I did of “Bogey”. THE LITTLE WHITE POODLE…. and the amazing mantle styling I featured a few weeks ago? Well, Bogey has a buddy… “Brodie” (LOVE these names) Brodie is quite the personaility and actually remindS me, in photos anyway, of our dog “Dash” “Brodie” and here is “Brodie” with his… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAITS – MEET "BRODIE"
THESE ARE BUSY TIMES… The end of the school year, as everyone knows can be crazy busy…. Everything comes to a head… Everything HAS to get done and in my house…everyone but one child is having a Graduation. It is all very VERY exciting. Grandparents are coming and gifts are flowing, parties are being planned… Read More LESLI DEVITO PAINTINGS…"BLUE RIDGE MEDITATION"
last week, I introduced you to Bogey… ..the poodle doggie with the sweet terrier haircut, the 14 year old sweet boy of whom I painted this portrait…. …and yesterday my client sent me a photo of the finished product in her home upon her GORGEOUS mantel!!!! get ready to weep!!!!! I am over the moon… Read More Bogey at Home
The number of the week is 14! Yesterday my sweet baby GIRL …..turned 14. I know for you Moms of bitty ones, that might seem like a million years from now… in fact… Some of you were probably 14 yourselves …what seems like a minute ago… but let me tell you… the day seemed to… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT- Meet "BOGEY" at FOURTEEN!
I kid you not… when I paint a portrait of a dog… or a cat or a cow or a chicken or anything really… by the time I am finished… I feel like I KNOW them… …it is such an intimate experience …getting the eyes, just right…the noses and the soft ears… I love what… Read More CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT – MEET "LUKE"
I love pink……one day in a moment of boredom (original post HERE.), I took my sweet but sedate cabinet form this…. to THIS: THE PINK CABINET MAKEOVER cost of this makeover – $12.00! sometimes it just takes a little color…TO make a BIG difference…look around you… is there something that has just been sleeping away,… Read More For the LOVE of PINK… MISSONI for Target and ZIG ZAG!!!
