Nice Catch

This is a watercolor I did of a border collie so excited about catching his flying Frisbee he ends up jumping a little too high.

Margarita Chihuahua print

I decided to take a little look back at some of my favorite art prints and paintings I've done .


Here's a happy little chihuahua sipping on her favorite beverage.
I do have the print in my ebay store.

Georgia Bigfoot Big Hoax

Researcher says Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

ATLANTA Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice - handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it - was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature were found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape.

Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a Web site run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the "evidence" was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.

First, the hair sample was burned and "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," Kulls said in the posting.

The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be "unusually hollow in one small section." An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed - and they were found to be made of rubber.

Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a Web site.

"Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," Whitton said at the time.

Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned on Tuesday. But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line - which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster - has been updated and announcing they're also in search of "big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call."

On Tuesday, Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.

"Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity," Turner said. "He has violated the duty of a police officer."

Latest Bigfoot news from Canada

Berry-pickers report sasquatch sighting in northern Ontario

Monday, July 28, 2008 | 8:16 PM CT

Two Ontario women say they saw what might have been the legendary sasquatch in northwestern Ontario last week.

Helen Pahpasay and her mother were north of Grassy Narrows, Ont., about 230 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, to pick blueberries last Tuesday when they spotted a hulking figure from their truck at about 10 a.m. CT.

"It was black, about eight feet long and all black, and the way it walked was upright, human-like, but more — I don't know how to describe it — more of a husky walk, I guess," she told CBC News.

"It didn't look normal."

The creature seemed to spot them, then ran off into the woods, Pahpasay said. She and her mother debated chasing the creature to try to get a closer glimpse, but were so shaken they decided to abandon their berry-picking excursion and return home.

Others returned to the area later and found a large, six-toed footprint, Pahpasay said. "What do I think it was? Right now I'm not even sure what it was. But it really scared both of us," she said.

"There's been talk of Bigfoot, sasquatch. And I'm still not sure what it was, but I've never seen anything like it."

Pahpasay says she and her mother aren't the only people in the area with a sasquatch story. A couple of men from their community said they also saw the creature three years ago, she said, and a similar animal has been mentioned in old lore about the area.

"I've never believed it before, no. I'm not even quite sure what it still is today, even after what I've seen," she said.

Sasquatch, an aboriginal word meaning "hairy giant," refers to a large manlike creature some believe could be roaming woods from California up the West Coast and across Canada.

In April 2005, a ferry operator in Norway house, Man., captured on videotape three minutes of footage of what he said was a sasquatch. However, the video, which was shown on an American television network, was indistinct at best, failing to live up to its billing as "footage of the century."

In 2006, several people in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan reported seeing a sasquatch-like figure in the woods around Flin Flon, Man.

Skeptics say it's preposterous that a large mammal could have evaded detection in North America throughout history. Despite numerous alleged sightings, no one has ever produced concrete evidence such as skulls or bones, they argue, while footprints, film or photos can be manufactured.

Derby Day ACEOs

Just listed on ebay a new horse ACEO to celebrate Big Browns Derby win.
Click here to view the art on ebay!


















Also listed is this colorful ACEO card of a mare and her colt celebrating Mothers Day equine style with a nuzzle.
Click to view auction on ebay.

New Poodle ACEOs

Just listed in time for Mothers Day, a Poodle ACEO Puppy Hugs for Mom. Click here for the auction link on Ebay!

















Heres another fun ACEO card, Poodle Smile done in watercolor pencil and ink. Click here for the ebay link!

April (Snow) showers, bring May....?

I just got a chance to post these photos from last weekend April 19th and 20th. We had the latest snowfall here in North Seattle in 30 years! Above is a view out the second floor window looking at a very snowy redwood tree.














This was just the beginning, we ended up with about three inches, most of the snow hit at night and was melting by the morning of the next day.
















One leary and cold chicken as the snow storm starts. She spent the day inside the Chicken coop glaring at the snowflakes.

Today its 55 degrees,a little more like a spring day.

Rucky's Custom Portrait

After seeing Frankie's cool painting, Rucky wanted his own portrait and so did his owner.















Rucky was happy to chill in the sun with a fruity frozen drink near the sea shore.















This was a big hit with Rucky's owner. We did a custom portrait on 16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvas in Acrylic paint. If you look at Frankie's painting below and click to enlarge you can see Rucky looking out from a painting hanging on the wall.

Frankie's custom Portrait

Earlier this year I was commissioned to do a custom painting for a poodle owner who contacted me through my website. First we started with good photos of "Frankie" a pretty cool black standard poodle.













I found out that Frankie's favorite spot was the sofa and his favorite toy was a big yellow stuffed duck that he loved to pull the stuffing out of. I did a pencil rough and sent it to the owner and Frankie.
They loved it!!















I did the border and sketched out the drawing onto the 16 x 20 canvas.















The finished product! Click to enlarge.

Back underway

Our break is over, we are back in the game!

The Cleverpup art ebay store is open for business.

stay tuned for more!