I was playing around with taking pictures of my sheltie in the morning light. I personally like this one. the way the light shines up one side of the face to reveal the details and colors of his fur, while at the same time lighting a good portion of his white mane. I think this showcases the distinct frontal features of this breed well. I hope you like this as much as I do. /
‘I’m sick of Elly the retriever getting all the attention. It’s about time you had a real dog up here…Oops gotta go. Gotta round up a few Cafe Lattes…” x Jess Dog-Kerr. – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Black & white photography – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Monotone photography
DETAIL: “The Studio & Spirits Dream” Oil on Canvas. / I spent the last decade uprooted and on the road. I landed in a barn for awhile on a millionaire’s horse ranch, eventually turning the tack room into a studio that was liveable, enabling me to move out of the ranch’s bunkhouse (12 X 12 foot room with sink) and take up barn residence. It was a wonderful place for 4 years with horse pasture – about 200 occupants – out the door. Goats, sheep, mule named Corizon and Rambo the Ram in stalls and paddock on the other side, the Santa Lucia range all misty , mooned, sunned, gusted, and Milky Wayed before me. And it was the first functional studio I’d had in years. I wrote. And I painted. / This dream, this studio I painted there, is crowded with things I loved and hadn’t seen in ages, stored on the other side of America. Over filled with people I’d loved who’d died. With animals alive and not, who still owned my heart. With a chair from my twenties that no longer existed and the dream of my own bed again where such dreams could populate my nights. The cats who survived the move from Brooklyn then to Virginia’s wilderness then across country are on my bed, and some who departed before we got there, here too. My wonderful chocolate Lab – Rodin – is on alert at the bed’s end. A woodstove I’d seen once that would restore life to this heatless barn (I eventually got a kerosene heater). Some of my many thousands of books I carry with me that prop up my life are here, and all the intimate angels swinging through the undone work, the ready easel, the heart’s workplace. The Hawks Perch
Sheep dog and Sheperd herding the flock through a winter landscape at sunset. A river flows to the left and a bank of woodland to the right frames this impressive landscape. The patches of light glow on the white snow and the wool coats of the sheep. This is an OIL PAINTING by Coolart and it took her a year to complete
Here I sit / in control / of my world. / My life / is full of joy.
Sheltie’s love sheep. So when they are not herding them, perhaps they are dreaming of them… Original SOLD :)
Sheep running and leaping at Rural Hill Farm Sheep Dog Trial near Charlotte, North Carolina. The leap was a big surprise.
A kelpie holding her sheep
This Painting is of a Working Trial Champion Australian Shepherd, she was the sister of my first working stockdog her name was “Catdog” she is shown working working her stock with great skill / The stockdog trial is a competition to showcase the natural working ability of the breed through the use of certification for challenging trialing disciplines on several classes of stock (ducks,sheep and cattle).This very cute little Australian Shepherd on late late afternoon is showing very strong herding and working ability, pushing a loose sheep back into the flock. The sheep of course had a different idea in mind, its what you might call a CLASH OF WILLS but we all know the little stock dog will win in the end. / Original Oil painted on 11” X 14” stretched canvas created in my Grants Pass, Oregon Studio / Been Viewed -1038 views / Featured in: / Mans Best Freind / Painted Dogs Group / Best from around the Barnyard
Pastel on Mein Teintes paper – 50cm x 35cm This is the ‘reverse’ version of ‘Moving the Mob’. (This time one of the dogs is visible)! I sold the painting from our local gallery circa 2003. It is quite interesting revisiting older works, and I am tempted to play with textured paper again after looking at these two paintings. Featured in the Working Dogs group – June 2009 / Featured in Hand Painted or Drawn Art of Happiness & Joy – August 2009 / Featured in Painted Dogs – Oct 2009
Sorry i haven’t been around lately…have been quite unwell / for several weeks, I have had some tests done… / This is an image I have done for my friends birthday / on Monday of her two terrier dogs playing in the heather
Pastel on Colourfix sanded paper – 70cm x 50cm This was a commission for the chap depicted in the painting and he wanted his little dogs included as well as his prize rams, with a backdrop of his farm. This was 2006 and he had just cut his hay. (the paddock on the right). I don’t think there would be anything like this amount of growth now! Featured in Imaginative Realism – Sept 2009 / Featured in Creative Cards – Sept 2009 / Featured in Landscape Painting – Oct 2009
December is a chilly time to be living outdoors in Wyoming, but the lives of the sheepherders visiting from Peru, their dogs, and their horses revolve around the needs of the sheep… which takes them to pastures all over Wyoming. See also: / Sheepherding / Wave of Sheep / Sheep Dog in Training Canon 40D, f5, 1/400, ISO 400, focal length 100mm, Red Desert north of Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Moving the herd to new pasture in this vast sage desert. Canon 40D, f5, 1/400, ISO 400, focal length 100mm. Featured in Horse & Rider, December 2009, thanks so much! See also: / Sheep Wagon / Sheepherding / Sheep Dog in Training
On the job training starts young. See also: / Sheep Wagon / Sheepherding / Wave of Sheep Canon 40D, f6.3, 1/500, ISO 400, focal length 400mm.
Notice the thick overalls that make this Peruvian sheepherder look like the Michelin man? December in Wyoming. ‘Nuf said. Framed print sold. 564 views as of 15 December 2009, and 33 folks hitting the “favorite” button. Canon 40D, f 5.6, 1/500, ISO 500, focal length 320mm. See also: / Wave of Sheep / Sheep Dog in Training / Sheep Wagon Featured in: / - Dimensions group, August 2009, thanks so much!! / - JPG Cast-Offs, September 2009, thanks so much!! / - 300+ Go Long, September 2009, thanks so much!! / - A View Somewhere, November 2009, thanks so much!! / - Horse & Rider, November 2009, thanks so much!! / - Equine Athletes, November 2009, thanks so much!!
Opposites Attract – Paula Abdul….... a killer video :-)) Wombles is in lurve …....... / Sorry guys l know its bad lol but the more l did the more l laughed so thought l would share it !! / Love is a wonderous thing but l get this feeling he is barking up the wrong tree…........... I’m M.C. Kat on the rap so mic it / Here’s a little story and you’re sure to like it / Swift and sly and I’m playing it cool / With my homegirl, Paula Abdul Baby seems we never ever agree / You like the movies / And I like T.V. / I take thing serious / And you take ‘em light / you go to bed early / And I party all night / Our friends are sayin’ / We ain’t gonna last / Cuz I move slowly / And baby your fast / I like it quiet / And you love to shout / But when we get together / It just all works out I take-2 steps forward / You take-2 steps back / We come together / Cuz opposites attract / And you know—it ain’t fiction / Just a natural fact / We come together / Cuz opposites attract Who’d a thought we could be lovers / She makes the bed / And he steals the covers / She likes it neat / And he makes a mess / I take it easy / Baby I get obsessed / She’s got the money / And he’s always broke / I don’t like cigarettes / And he likes to smoke / Things in common / There just ain’t a one / But when we get together / We have nothin’ but fun I take-2 steps forward / You take-2 steps back / We come together / Cuz opposites attract / And you know—it ain’t fiction / Just a natural fact / We come together / Cuz opposites attract Baby ain’t it somethin’ / How we lasted this long / You and me / Provin’ everyone wrong / Don’t think we’ll ever / Get our differences patched / Don’t really matter / Cuz we’re perfectly matched Nothing in common but this trust / I’m like a minus, she’s like a plus / One going up, one coming down / But we seem to land on common ground / When things go wrong we make corrections / To keep things moving in the right direction / Try to fight it but I’m telling you Jack / It’s useless, Opposites Attract This is a composite image with my own pictures, brushes and textures courtesy of Deviant stock
Part of an illustration made for “la marelle éditions” / This work is not for sale on bubble but can be ordered on limited and signed editions. You just have to contact me directly. / Thanks for stopping by :-)
A day in a farmyard…designed in Illustrator and finished in Photoshop :)) BUY THE CALENDAR / / / /
Australian Kelpie herding the sheep. / From original oil painting by Pieter Zaadstra
Australian art from Pieter Zaadstra. Gum Tree Lane – from original oil painting. Illustrator of the iconic book, “Our Australian Kelpie”
Taken at dog rocks after sunset
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