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by Laura Grisham
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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I think that this is one of my very best Pooch Portraits so far...at least the best of a dog photo my mom cut out of a magazine ad! I decided to... more
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I think that this is one of my very best "Pooch Portraits" so far...at least the best of a dog photo my mom cut out of a magazine ad! I decided to call him "Golden Boy" because he is primarily painted in gold...not yellow gold...GOLD. I used several glazes to achieve the depth for the wrinkles on this poor little guy. And, I primarily did the entire piece with a stencil brush instead of a paint brush. Who knew?! They say you can tell a good painting if you look at it upside-down or in a mirror and it still looks good. Well...this one is a good painting! Actually, I have to give credit to God for this one since I prayed the entire time I was painting and it only took me 2 hours to complete. Why was I praying? Because I thought there was no way I could ever paint a Sharpei! I guess I was wrong!!
~~SOLD 11/30/2012~~
As a child you could often find me quietly "painting by numbers" in my room. More often than not, my paintings were not exactly like those pictured on the box because I loved to change the numbers/colors around. Although I won awards for my artwork in elementary school I never really believed in my heart I was a real artist. I thought that "real artists" could draw anything from memory, and that was a gift I did not have. When reaching the upper grades we had to choose among our electives. Music...Art...or Dance Team? Although it broke my heart, I chose music and dance. You see, those areas received much more attention, and as an insecure young teenager that was one thing I strongly desired! However, deep...
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Simona Mereu
Really beautiful! Voted
Laura Grisham replied:
Thanks for taking the time to vote for 'Golden Boy.' It's one of my favorites...and by the way: I was born in Catania, Sicily and had duel-citizenship until I was 21! Sadly, I have not been able to return to Sicily since my parents moved back to the USA in 1962.
Bruce Combs - REACH BEYOND
Hi, Laura! I had really forgotten how well you utilize more than just the eyes for the expression of your "heavenly hounds!" Not that the eyes themselves are worth a bit less than maybe a whole dog, or maybe two, from your marvelous and growing (and growing better and better, if possible) collection of "POOCH PORTRAITS," as you call them!. But look here, if you CAN pull your own eyes away from Golden Boy's for a moment, at the so-subtle a small angle of the head to our right side. So subtle is it that a bit of tinkering with the width of background would almost obscure it even further from our eyes. But Golden Boy knows that subtlety often is stronger than energetic begging, demands, physical actions, and so forth. And so does artist Laura Grisham! Go on and compare the tiny differences she crafts between the aspects of the two ears! That's all just a start toward doggie-art appreciation. I'll leave you on your own, now, with one final word about Laura's collection: be careful not to overdose! Better to come for a little while -- maybe enjoy just a portrait or two at a time -- until suddenly you turn a page, and, wow! That's the painting you want to live with! And you weren't even shopping! Peace, etc., Bruce