I have been so caught up in the rush of life that I haven't posted to this blog in three months! Yikes! One of he many things that have transpired in all that time has been my favorite week of the year - Montgomery week.
The Montgomery County Kennel Club show was held on October 10th in Blue Bell, PA. and thousands of terriers and their people came to the Delaware Valley to participate in all those festivities. I have loads of photographs from the MCKC show plus the all Airedale Obedience and Rally. Of course, I have pics from the Airedale Terrier Club of America's Banquet and Auction. Below is my donation to the Fine Arts Auction - Mako @ MCKC. It was won by Sue Oury who was the Banquet Coordinator this year.
This head study is a detail from a larger painting of mine that is currently a work in progress. I'm using a photo by ringside photographer and Airedale person, Chris Halvorson of DogAds fame, as an inspiration. The image is from the Best of Breed ring in 2005 when Mako made the cut under judge Ed Biven. (For those of you that watch the dog shows on the Animal Planet, he's the AKC judge whose does the color commentary during those broadcasts.) I was so thrilled with how well this portrait turned out that I really wanted to keep it but I'd already committed to a donation of a portrait so I had to let go of it... I want to paint one for me!
The irony of choosing this image as a donation to the ATCA Fine Arts Auction is that the person in the background is Deirdre Hernandez, the Auction Coordinator!
The Montgomery County Kennel Club show was held on October 10th in Blue Bell, PA. and thousands of terriers and their people came to the Delaware Valley to participate in all those festivities. I have loads of photographs from the MCKC show plus the all Airedale Obedience and Rally. Of course, I have pics from the Airedale Terrier Club of America's Banquet and Auction. Below is my donation to the Fine Arts Auction - Mako @ MCKC. It was won by Sue Oury who was the Banquet Coordinator this year.
The irony of choosing this image as a donation to the ATCA Fine Arts Auction is that the person in the background is Deirdre Hernandez, the Auction Coordinator!