"ART SHOW DOG 6," 10120, daily painter original © Carol Nelson Fine Art

How's this for cuteness factor? This is another in my series of dogs photographed at my recent outdoor art show. If I had been smart, I would have handed each owner my card and told them to look for their dog on my website. That would have been a great marketing idea.

This 6x6 original oil painting on panel is available for $85, including shipping in the US/Canada. To purchase, click here to go to my website.

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This is my 600th blog post! That's a lot of blabbing about my artwork. Thank you to all my faithful readers, especially when you take time to comment. In writing this blog, I feel like I have met literally hundreds of people from all over the world. I hope my artistic journey continues to be of interest and here's to the next 600!

"ART SHOW DOG 5," 10120, daily painter original © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Back to dogs I photographed at a recent outdoor art show. It was nice of these pooches to bring their people to my booth.
I saw several of this cute combination of a labrador and a poodle - a labradoodle is what they are called.
The poodle part must be a standard size poodle because these sweet faced dogs are pretty big.
This 6x6 original oil on panel is $75 plus $10 s/h. To purchase, click here to go to my website.

"ART SHOW DOG 3," 10116, daily painter original © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Look at this beautiful husky - or is he a malamute? I always get those two mixed up. Maybe one of you out there could tell me. The markings on the face are so striking, and I love the way the ears are white on the front side and black on the back side.
This guy is powerful, but when his owner told him to sit, he immediately sat down and gave me a "look-how-sweet-I-am" pose. Maybe he's used to having his picture taken.
To purchase this 7x5 original oil, please click here to go to my website.

"ART SHOW DOG 2," 10115, daily painter original © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Here's another happy fellow who passed by my booth at my fourth of July art show. I think he was dressed for the occasion.
As you will see in this, and future dog paintings, all the dogs were panting to some degree. It was a beautiful sunny day, but it was not hot - low 70's I would say. I guess when you're wearing a fur coat, it feels warmer.
It's something of which all dog owners should be mindful when they're out and about with their mutts. I still remember a summer day years ago when I was working at a hospital and we were taking our lunch break in an employee outdoor lunch area.
We noticed a dog in a locked car with the windows rolled up. He was frantically jumping around and barking. Realizing it was way too hot for him, we had the owner of the vehicle paged - no response.
Then we got security to use a lock opener to open the door. The dog jumped out and spread his body on the cool, shaded grass, panting profusely. He drank a ton of water. Since the car was parked in the emergency room parking lot, I'm sure the owner had other critical issues to deal with. That was a close call for that poor dog.
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"ART SHOW DOG 1," 10114, daily painter original © Carol Nelson Fine Art

I was recently at a three day art show where I had my booth set up and was watching the parade of people and their dogs strolling up and down looking at the art. Actually, the PEOPLE were looking at the art, the dogs were looking at other dogs.

I thought since the dogs were coming to me, I might as well get some good dog reference photos. Virtually every person I asked if I could photograph their dog seemed delighted to oblige.

Here are some of my favorites. For purchase information of this 6x6 original oil on panel, please click here to go to my website.




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My Guard Dog, original oil portrait of a pug dog

This painting is now available on my merchandise outlet, Blue Snow Gallery, at Zazzle as a mug. Just click on the link to go to my gallery. http://www.zazzle.com/my_guard_dog_mug-168522529017452637

Let's Play, 6x6 oil painting of golden retreiver

I've done quite a few abstracts, so it's time for a little realism. I love the expression on this golden retriever. My dogs are not goldens, but they are tireless when it comes to chasing tennis balls.

To purchase this painting, please see www.carolnelsonfineart.com, click on works, then small paintings.

Blue Snow Gallery , http://www.zazzle.com/bluesnowgallery, my online merchandise outlet at Zazzle, has coffee mugs with this image.