The Painted Mutt

04/01/2025

Today would have been Chess's 13th birthday. My sweet girl is so dearly missed. I've struggled a lot with her passing. At the end of January we adopted Ino from GTHS. Bringing her home has helped ease the pain of losing my partner in crime, and help celebrate her today with a sweet treat of pizza crust and lovely walk down the trail (swipe to see her sweet smile). I hope you are all enjoying this lovely spring day and excuse my aloofness. I have more portraits coming. I just can't show any yet. ❤️❤️

03/08/2025

Happy it took me a little while but completed another portrait of the cutest furry brother sister

02/14/2025

A little throwback for this special day 🤢😅 lol for all the people who feel like this occasion is overrated.

01/25/2025

Same puppy two different styles.

The first picture is a 5x7 watercolour, the second and third are the same painting capturing their favourite spot 16x20 acrylic on canvas board loved painting all the different textures.

01/04/2025

3 more puppy portraits I got to do before Christmas! Absolutely love how different breeds I got to do. And all the different facial expressions!. Still a few more to come.

12/30/2024

A few doggy portraits I did just before Christmas. I wanna say these were my first Frenchies!

Acrylic on 8x10 canvas board.

12/29/2024

Keeping with the cat trend this is to date the largest cat portrait I have done. 18x24 acrylic on canvas. There was a large amount of layers and detail that went into this one. A great learning curve in mixing colour as well as those browns, blacks and oranges are not just that.

Thank you Amanda for helping support Chess's vet bills.

12/28/2024

Happy here are two kitty Portraits I did for Christmas. 8x8 canvas board acrylic paints. These portraits were commissioned in support of Chess's vet bills. Thank you Jill for helping when in need I hope your in-laws loved these!

Check out Jill's page .felted.fawn she is a creative individual herself

12/05/2024

I have been working on an farely large portrait these past few weeks I can wait to reveal all the portraits I've done after Christmas. This is just a sneak peak.

10/30/2024

Thank you all who have shown support. Unfortunately Chess got her wings this morning.

I will be leaving prices for the canvas board paintings as they are right now at 75% off for next month.

10/26/2024

This week has not been great. What started on Monday as a little cough with chess has now turned into a very serious life threatening condition. We are still waiting on confirmation of what it actually is but is 1 of two things. One being lung cancer or two blastomycosis which is a fungus infection. As of right now we are first treating for blastomycosis. Chess is 12.5 year old I was hoping for a couple more years with best girlie. To help off set her vet bills I am offering my acrylic canvas board paintings at 75% off. These would make a great Christmas present for any fur parent. Please DM me or email me [email protected] if interested if you are unable to purchase a painting please send happy healing thoughts chess’s way she really needs them.

08/27/2024

The ugle stage.

I haven't been doing much painting lately as life has myself and family on a new path. Hoping in our new home, once we find one. I can actually set up a proper studio to work in. And able to take on commissions again.

This here is an entry I'm working on for a pet portrait contest. And also trying out fur patterns I have yet to do!

02/04/2024

Sundays are for chores, but it's hard to get anything done with these two playing.

01/11/2024

I have not done much in portraits lately. My full time job has grown so much in the last little bit and I had to step back and focus all my energy there, but I snuck a few of these in. First is Bode mini Aussie acrylic on 3/4 stretched canvas, then there is the kittie brothers 5x7 water colour (sorry I forgot to get a better picture), and forth is an 8x10 watercolour.

11/08/2023

We still have a few spots available!

10/20/2023

Everyone Allison and I are hosting another paint night! All supplies are supplied I'll walk you through and painting needs. Come join us for a fun and creative night! It doesn't have to be your pet either. This is a great Christmas gift idea for someone you know who loves their furry, feathered, or scaled friend.

I'll draw the image out for you so all you have to worry about is colour choice.

If interested contact myself or Allison to book your spot. $40 can be sent via e-transfer or cash on the date of paint night.

05/27/2023

Please help if you can! Our new cat Jinx (formerly Babe) was from Street Cats Rescue .

If looking to get a portrait done I'll be donating 20% from each purchase to them. You can DM, comment below or email me [email protected] for inquiries about prices and sizes.

Street Cats Rescue needs your help. Yesterday a devastating fire forced us to vacate our shelter. It was nothing short of terrifying. Thankfully all the cats were saved, some have already seen vets, some are currently residing at vet clinics. They appear fine at this time but will be monitored over the coming weeks. We have no idea if or when we can return to the shelter. Thanks to an amazing community, we have been able to find temporary locations for all of them around the area. We are utterly heartbroken by these events, we have lost so much. But our spirits have not been broken, we know we will get through this and have our Street Cats family back together soon. Please consider making a donation to help us. Thank you so much !
You can donate here by clicking the "donate" button or via etransfer to [email protected] or via https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/street-cats-cat-rescue-and-adoption-inc/

03/11/2023

Today's creation and some beef cattle.