Olivia & Lilly

Olivia was my family's first dog. In 2005 while I was building our barn, Jane told me she thought her 86-year-old father needed a companion, a dog. I told her it was not a good idea because I thought it was too much responsibility for her aging father. One day, while I was up framing the roof of the barn, she pulls into the driveway with her father and Olivia. Olivia was a rescued two-year-old American Fox Hound. Four days later Olivia was back, she was "too much responsibility for her father." Olivia moved in and was a member of our family for ten years.

Lilly came to us shortly after Olivia's passing. Lilly was a 12-week-old puppy when she arrived. She is a rescued Lab mix who loves chasing her cloth frisbee.

These portraits are 9 x 12 inches, acrylic paint on acid free mat board. They were done in November of 2017 as Jane's birthday present.