Dancing Nathan Portrait Preview

DawgArt and Bald is Beautiful Dog Rescue are teaming up to bring you the happiest of fundraisers. See the details here.

I'm so excited to share the progress images for Nathan's portrait! Now, for those of you who aren't artists, I'm going to share a little secret. There's a point in every painting that I like to call the ugly middles. Here are the steps in creating a piece:

1. This blank canvas is so blank. I'm going to fill it with a great painting.
2. This painting isn't looking so great.
3. This painting is definitely not great.
4. What was I thinking?
5. Maybe it will be okay.
6. This painting is great.

So any progress images I share are going to be at some point in that process. All the steps add up to something great, but along the way, it's not quite so impressive. Enjoy the process and when it's done, you'll be able to bid on one-of-a-kind paintings of Dancing Nathan to help raise money for Bald is Beautiful Dog Rescue!

New Commission - Esso-Gomez

Here's the commission I was so excited to get: Esso-Gomez Louis Alejandro Galli.  Yes, that's his full name.  He lives with his doting mother Dana in North Carolina.  And let me tell you, Dana was overjoyed to get the preview photo of Esso-Gomez's painting.

Here's what she had to say:  "Oh my goodness!  You have got to be kidding me!  It is freaking gorgeous, Alicia!  You are amazing!  I have never been so excited about anything in my entire life!...  Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over!  You have made my year!"

If you like his little face, you can get prints of Esso-Gomez here.

Ever wondered how I paint?  Well you can see it happen in fast-motion, right here!