There’s nothing like fun in the snow to make you feel on top of the world. This beautiful Dogue de Bordeaux is enjoying the taste of winter. She is such a gorgeous colour and I loved painting this portrait of her with the snow on her nose and on her muzzle.

A Cold Nose
10×8 inch oil on board
SOLD

And here’s a close up detail…

She is my first Dogue de Bordeaux and I enjoyed painting her so much I don’t think it’ll be my last.

Don’t you just love that gorgeous face! I love the expression in his eyes as he looks up at us. So warm and happy, I just want to hug him! This is Turok, a very handsome German Shepherd.

He does have lovely melting brown eyes. here’s a close up…

He’s a 14×10 acrylic painting on stretched canvas.

A Print of CJ At Bijoux Falls is up for auction to raise money for Bullmastiff rescue in the UK.

This is a PRE EVENT AUCTION LOT for the UK Bullmastiff Of The Year.

“A limited edition print from a very short run of 15. This print has been kindly donated by the Artist, Denise Laurent to raise money for UK Bullmastiffs in need. All proceeds go to the UK Bullmastiff Of The Year for bullmastiff rescue. This is a pre-event auction to allow those who are unable to attend the event, a chance to be actively involved in raising much needed funds for the many Bullmastiffs that find their way into rescue each year and of course the chance to own this beautiful print!
This Auction is open to all, worldwide please view the listing on Ebay and start bidding now!“

Murray and Floss in the garden. Two good looking dogs, a Sheltie and  a little Japanese Spitz. Floss was quite a challenge to paint being all white.

Murray had lots of colour in his coat.

I had this made bag made specially for the UK Bullmastiff Of The Year grand auction.

The UK Bullmastiff Of The Year will be held on the 11th February 2012 in Coventry. 64 of the Top Winning Bullmastiffs from 2011 will  compete for the title of ‘UK Bullmastiff of the Year’ and ‘UK Bullmastiff Puppy of the Year’.

The ‘Bullmastiff of the Year’ event will be an annual black tie event. This event is fully supported by the Bullmastiff Breed Clubs and the special events licence has been granted by the Kennel Club.

There’ll be a Grand Auction with many lots to help raise much needed funds for Bullmastiffs that come into rescue each year.

Have a look at the bag and many other lots on the UK Bullmastiff Of The Year web site. Or look them up on facebook.

A new card. This gorgeous Weimaraner dog brings his significant owner a Christmas gift. I wonder if it’s bones? Or maybe a rubber ball? Its called ‘Precious Gifts’.

Get them here…

Finally! A bullmastiff Christmas card. This is called ‘Dogs Like Santa Too’ and you can see why, he has a sack full of lovely juicy bones!

Find them in The Painted Dog shop here.

It’s wonderful to see what happens to prints and paintings when they leave the studio. Recently Paul bought a large print of Jasper as a gift for his cousin. He kindly sent me this wonderful photo and gave me permission to share it too. This is what he says….

“Again, thank you so much for the Jasper. It was framed beautifully in Market Harborough and we presented it to my cousin down in Essex on Thursday. To say she was delighted with it would be the understatement of the year!”

I think they did a wonderful job with the framing on this 20×16 inch print! It looks terrific. :-)