Rothko style, Golden kisses, and a small preachy section

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Boy, whoever photographed all those Rothkos sure had their work cut out for them.

I love Rothko's abstracts and wanted to explore what it's like to try to do something similar. I'll definitely do more of this type. This had two layers of transparent and/or semi-transparent oil paint. The top rectangle is an extremely dark blue-green, almost black, and the lower rectangle is a (slightly less dark) magenta. The painting is very dark and very luminous and there are subtle variations throughout that are wonderfully interesting in person but probably not possible to see on screen.

What's better than a Golden kiss? Two Golden kisses! The youngster on the left is Mojito, age 3, and on the right is Jazz, age 12 1/2. They are both rescued Goldens. I trained Jazz to be a therapy dog, because his nature has always been just that, calm and therapeutic, so he and I used to go as volunteers to the hospital and let him visit people in the waiting rooms who needed some canine love, warm caramel eyes, and calming energy.


They and all of our animals would like to get onto a soapbox for just a moment, and ask you to "please always consider adopting an already homeless animal, either from an animal shelter or a rescue organization, rather than purchasing a bred-to-order one. Especially, please don't buy a pet store one, thereby contributing to the awfulness of puppy mills and/or backyard breeders). Remember that every pet that is purchased (rather than adopted) means one more homeless pet that will be euthanized. Spay and neuter, and support your local animal shelter. Thank you!"


That's what they wanted to say for now. I don't intend to do too much preaching on my blog here, but this is so important to me that I feel I must.

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