16" x 12" signed print on matte heavyweight paper just added to my eBay holiday sale:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvonkrampus73QQhtZ-1

In early 2006 I thought of doing a fundraiser series of prints for the Boston Terrier rescue group, Boston Buddies. Each 11" x 14" painting would show a BT chasing something, and the backgrounds would line up to create the illusion of one panoramic scene, though the foliage in each picture would change according to the specific season. Each donor who pledged $100 or more to Boston Buddies would receive one of the first 10 signed and numbered 11" x 14" art prints in the mail from me. The series has been a big success, and Boston Buddies also released limited edition tanktops, t-shirts, and sweatshirts bearing the images. Thank you to Christa Faust for helping to organize this, to Karen Engman for generously purchasing all four original paintings, and to all who donated to help these needy dogs.





"Autumn" shows my little Frankenstein (his birthday is October 21st), and "Winter" shows my Mr. Giles (his birthday is January 31st). The 10 "Winter" signed and numbered prints will be released this month; open edition prints of the other seasons are now available at $20 each plus shipping until December 31st 2006.

sMALL wORKS gALLERY owners Marc and Cathy Mannheimer invited me to submit a piece to their April show, "Bridges of Haverhill". Originally it was a color painting but I ended up hating my color scheme after a few days so I cut out the only piece I liked,

tossed the rest, and redid the picture with brush and ink in an hour.


sMALL wORKS gALLERY is located in my hometown:

57 Wingate Street, Haverhill, MA 01832

We adopted a 6-year-old Boston Terrier Katrina-refugee named Niles in March! He and Frank hit it off as soon as Niles got off the truck from Alabama, which is great news. I wanted to rename him Dracula or Nosferatu or Wurdulak or Strigoi or Vlad Tepes....I mean his new brother's name is Frankenstein, but he answers to Niles. Carrie renamed him Giles (after the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character and he answers to that, too). He is hilarious and does little dances, complete with donkey kicks, when he's excited! He was pretty thin, had a bum knee, and some food allergies, but now he's filled out, walks and runs without a limp, and one very expensive allergy test later, we know what foods to avoid giving him. When it's time to head home on our walks, Frank grabs Giles' leash in his teeth and drags him up the sidewalk so they can resume brawling inside. He's very very cool, and very very strange. Carrie and I think he hears kazoo music in his head all the time, and also think he's the dog version of "Brick" from the movie, "Anchorman".

The second after this photo was taken, my 30 lb. wall-eyed boy tried to pull Santa's beard off. As happy as Frank looks here, I think that would've made a better picture.