Blog — Pets

Looking Through Her Window

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Looking Through Her Window

My brother's better half, Melanie, shared her story about Harold the Hummingbird during a fun phone conversation a few months ago. Mel had a window near her work area. Every time she looked outside, she noticed a hummingbird landing and resting on an ornamental bird of paradise plant. She named him Harold for two reasons. The first was because he...

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Painting Photinia

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Painting Photinia

This beautiful Macaw parrot entertained visitors at our local Moon Valley Nursery. On the weekends, my husband and I would look forward to seeing her and her other bird friends. I'm not sure when it happened, but the management decided that the birds needed to go. We miss them so much! I was going through reference photos and saw her...

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Face to face

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Face to face

Meeting this adorable goat was a lovely surprise! I painted his portrait shortly after we moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. I met him at The Las Vegas Farm, a local pet rescue farm. I walked up to his corral to see the goats up close. This goat raised his body and placed his front legs on the corral bar in...

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Commissioning a Portrait by artist Trae Mundt

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Commissioning a Portrait by artist Trae Mundt

Why commission a portrait? We love our families and pets. Portraits celebrate them! And, it's a lot of fun. They make wonderful gifts. This portrait of Bentley was a commission I received last year. It was a Christmas gift for Bentley's owners in Florida. I work with graphite and charcoal, and I specialize in head and shoulders portraits. It's a...

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