Rabbit Foot

Rabbit Foot

Chiarascuro Linocut 5"X 7"

2016

Chiaroscuro Chipmunk

Chipmunk

Chiaroscuro linocut 7" X 5"

2016

This little chipper moved into our new stone wall about five minutes after the first stones were placed. Since then he's snuck into our basement/garage to steal sunflower seeds out of the bag. Once he tried to escape Rumi, our kind-hearted cockapoo, by running up the downspout of our rain gutter. Too slippery! So he was stuck there with his tail end hanging out. Rumi just wished he'd come out and play!

Another Chiaroscuro Critter

Bobcat

Chiaroscuro Linocut 5"X7"

2016

Tonka

Tonka

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink drawing

2016

"Thank you again for doing such a beautiful job on Tonka's portrait. Our friends John and Celeste were very touched. They absoutely love it.

They have a whole bunch of cats, so maybe they'll decide to commission a series!"

~Michael and Marleen

Fairfax, California

Misty

Misty

8" X 10" pen-and-ink drawing

2016

"Thank you so much for the portrait of Misty. It's PERFECT. I cannot wait for my mom to see it--she's going to fall in love!! You are so talented...I'm continually amazed at all your work.'

~Kristin
Fairway, Kansas

Three Jack Russells

Seamus

Rough-coated Jack Russell terrier

4" X 6" colored pen-and-ink

2016

Otis

Smooth-coated Jack Russell terrier

4" X 6" colored pen-and-ink

2016

Lucy

Broken-coated Jack Russell terrier

4" X 6" colored pen-and-ink

2016

Three Terrier Triptych

These are the first PenPets portraits I've drawn in our new town (Belfast, Maine), in my new backyard studio, in a new size (4" X 6"). They're perfect examples of the different coats Jack Russells come in -- rough, smooth, and broken.

Randy

Randy

a Poodle

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink

2015

Logan

Logan

white-line woodblock print

2015

Austin

Austin

5X7 pen-and-ink drawing

2015

"My brother just texted me and let me know that your portrait of Austin arrived today and brought tears of joy and fond memories to his eyes.  Thank you very much for contributing to his happiness."

~Greg,  Libertyville, IL

New Dogs for 2015

Maggie, Penni, and Bailey

2 Labs and a mixed breed

8" X 10" pen-and-ink

2015

Moogi

an Australian cattle dog

8" X 10" colored pen-and-ink

2015

Giuseppe

a Bolognese

8" X 10" pen-and-ink

2015

Horsepower Farm Collaboration

"Hitching Up"

Paul Birdsall and his Horsepower

10" X 8" colored pen-and-ink

2014

"In a Pig's Eyes"

Horsepower Farm Piglet

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink

2014

"Tailfeathers"

Horsepower Farm Rooster

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink

2014

"Goldilocks"

Horsepower Farm Ewe

7" X 5" colored pen-and-ink

2014

I collaborated with Horsepower Farm in Penobscot, Maine, this year as part of the Reversing Falls Sanctuary Farm/Arts Exchange (http://www.reversingfalls.org/farmarts-exchange-2014). 

Paul, Andy, and Donna Birdsall of Horsepower Farm (http://www.uniquemainefarms.com/uniquemainefarms.com/Horsepower_Farm.html) 

were great to work with and to get to know. 

There was a fabulous exhibit of farm art at the Sanctuary last August.

Coyote Art

Coyote Collage 

mixed media

2014

Coyote Eyes

8" X 10" colored pen-and-ink

2014 

8" 

Coyote

8" X 10" colored pen-and-ink

2013

Coyotes

They hug the margins of fields,

slip into creases between trees,

glide across gravel roads at dawn or dusk,

bellies close to the ground, tails

trailing. We hardly know they are here, think

all of this is ours – the property, the shorefront,

the view – until moonless nights

when a choir of coyotes sings to the stars

and one paces the length of our driveway

leaving tracks in the snow and scat

where the dog and I are sure to find it.

Leslie Moore

I've been doing coyote art work and poetry for the last couple of years, encouraged by Geri Vistein, a Maine conservation biologist (www.coyotelivesinmaine.com) who is on a one-woman crusade to save coyotes from human predation. She gives fascinating talks all over the state and she has arrangeda series of coyote art exhibits, which have included my coyote art work. Currently "Coyote Connections" is hanging in the University of New England Art Gallery (www.une.edu/artgallery/exhibitions).

Two More PenPets Dogs for 2014

Lulu

Leonberger

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink

2014

Roscoe

German short-haired pointer

10" X 8" colored pen-and-ink

2014

Three New PenPets

Riley

Siamese Cat

7" X 5" colored pen and ink

2014

Ham and Owen

Puggle and Corgi

7" X 5" colored pen and ink

2014

Too Cool Cats

Jack

5" X 7" colored pen and ink

2013

Little Man

7" X 5" pen and ink

2013

Klyde

Klyde

Chocolate Labrador Retriever

5" X 7" colored pen and ink

2013

Casey and Hans

Casey and Hans

Italian greyhound and Doberman

10" X 8" colored pen and ink

2013

Angus, Sheshie, and Buck

Sheshie

Angus and Buck

8" X 10" pen-and-ink drawing

2013

It was a dark and stormy night, and three black cats were on the prowl . . .

Shooter

Shooter

Golden Doodle

8" X 10" pen and ink

2012

Willy

Willy

Labrador Retriever

8" X 10" colored pen and ink

2012