Lady

Lady was a wonderful, mellow collie who helped to raise my grandson.  She was smart, loyal, and a joy to have around.  She crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2011 and I memorialized her in a painting from the following photo.

Lady

The beauty of working from a photo is that I don't have to worry about my subject moving around.  In this case it allowed me to relive the memories after her death as I painted.  One of those memories is of her laying calmly amidst a bevy of boys who were engrossed in their video game.  One time I even found her sitting on top of one of those boys.  He didn't seem to notice that he was being used as a sofa.  You can see the finished painting here.