24x20 - Oil - Our buddy, Bryce, has a sweet, 'mature' Rottie girl named Bailey. He took the reference photo and said that it was her personality to a tee. She was the final painting of 2007 and I was trying to have her completed in time for Christmas. I must admit that when I started her, she looked nothing like this. Sometimes, though, the worst beginnings bloom into great endings. Although Bryce had seen emailed photos of her in progress, I think her larger-than-life portrait tugged at his heart a bit when he saw his painting in person. He was speechless and our ex-Navy friend may have shed a single tear, but only he and I know for sure. Given as Gift December 2007.
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