BELATED BLOGGING

I've just found out that two of the portraits that I submitted for the Cat Sayings book have been accepted. Keeps and Misty 2. I'm really pleased that they have been chosen. This is the link to the authors website.
http://bookcollaborative.com/artists/joanne-simpson-connor/
Publication date is set for September 1st.

As usual I'm well behind with my blog. Never seem to have the time. I've been working on some commissions and inbetween I've done some breed examples. Also I was invited to submit work for publication in a book of Cat Sayings so I've worked on a couple of pieces for that.

LLASA APSO - BREED PORTRAIT

I worked this portrait from a reference photo that I took at Crufts last year.

ITALIAN SPINONE - BREED PORTRAIT

Another breed example worked from a photo that I took at Crufts.

HECTOR AND MUTTLEY - BORDER TERRIERS

Commission of two Border Terriers.

TOOTS - WESTIE

Another commission of a very pretty girl called Toots.

MISTY 2 - MAINE COON

I did this to submit for inclusion in the cat book. I've done Misty's portrait before but couldn't submit that as the photo I had of the portrait wasn't high enough resolution. She is one of my favourite portraits to date so I just had to do her again.

Commissions etc.

Here are some of my recent commissions

DRUMMER AND FUDGE - GOLDEN RETRIEVER AND CROSSBREED



TOR - BORDER COLLIE

THORN - FELL TERRIER

RUBY, TILLEY AND DAISY - MINIATURE DACHSHUNDS

SOCKS - GSD/BORDER COLLIE

Well it's been a busy few months not only with commissions but other things too. The run up to Christmas was very hectic as Dad was in hospital for a month and with it being over a three hour round trip to visit added to the stress. I mnaged to get all my commisions completed on time though.....phew!!Christmas went by at a great speed and was over and done with in a flash. It didn't seem there was any time at all between putting all the decs up and then taking them down. We had a good time though spending time with family and friends.

Hopefully the New Year will bring plenty of work my way. I've had a long overdue price increase. My prices had remained the same since 2006 so I thought it as about time they went up. I've also had to increased the postage and packaging charges to cover costs.