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Faithful Friend
Oil on canvas, 10x8 |
What pet is more faithful than a dog? Belle was such a wonderful, patient, cheerful presence ever by our sides. She would always put herself between any of us and the neighbor dogs, constantly our protector. She did the same for our cats - in fact, they all slept together in a ball of tangled legs, heads and tails! Many times, she let the babies climb on her, patiently putting up with their antics. I never saw her growl or bare her teeth, though she would "murmur" a warning to other dogs getting too wild in our vicinity. This is the first time I have painted a pet no longer with us, and it is a hard thing indeed. Painting number 383 in as many days and
Day 18 in the 30 day painting challenge.
What a wonderful dog portrait, Tammie! It brings back memories of our sweet black lab who died in 2006.
ReplyDeleteSuper portrait. It sounds like she was a wonderful family friend. :)
ReplyDeletetouching post today, lovely painting!
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