That is nice work. Who is the artist?

A touching picture, and nicely executed.

Me.

Very sweet.

Beautiful work, Kate. I've always been envious of those with artistic abilities such as you. I spend my days drawing straight lines on the computer (architectural) which pales in comparison to your work.

The closest I ever got to 'art' would be when I did some political cartooning back in my mid to late teens during the Trudeau and Peter Lougheed days. Ed Uluschuk (Edmonton Journal) and Andy Donato (Tranna Sun)were my inspiration! My 'art medium' was quite archaic-I'd lay everything out on a sheet of bright white typewritter paper with a basic HB pencil, then do the 'ink' with a drug store Bic Roller!

Once again, beautiful work.

That is incredible work. The rug, the crinkles in the leather, the stitching on the boot, not many people on earth could capture that.

Thanks for sharing.

beautiful work Kate . . . chokes me up.

Two most loyal things in the world - soldiers & dogs.

You are a gifted lady! Courageous too.

I have just enough training in water-colour and oil painting to realize how difficult it is to be able to do that, having never come even close myself. So many things, from scene construction to execution details, if I tried to explain my thoughts, I'd just sound like some sort of art critic floozy. So instead I'll just say: very nice, Kate, thanks. Oh, and the horizon. The horizon is fascinating.

Awesome.

Vitruvius - some years ago a self-described fine art student stopped by my set-up at a dog show to admire my figurines. She began to ask me very detailed questions about my technique.

I looked at her and said, "I really can't answer that. I just buy mud and make dogs out of it."

Understood. I can't properly explain what I do either. I wish I could. Back in the late '70s, there was a trendy thing in computing science called expert systems. The idea was, if we could just get experts to explain what they do, to computers, then the computers could replace the experts. I didn't work. Guess why. Because the experts couldn't explain what they do! Meta-meta-* is infinitely recursive. I love it! What a species!

Talk about poignant! Thanks Kate.

That is so exquisite in detail, and so poignant. Almost like a photo, but more than a mere camera could ever convey.

When I first glanced, I thought it was a digital picture.

Such talent Kate, thanks for sharing.

A very special Canadian lady.

Gifted, multi-talented artist.

Kate's obvious talent with words of course is what has made SDA the best conservative blog.

Be it a painting or profound words, Kate manages both perfectly.

How does that old saw go? I don't know much about art but I know what I like. Very nice Kate.

I have to agree Kate, that's pretty damn good.

I wish there were more artists on the right side of the spectrum. Really nice work Kate!

BTW, I have got my wife to have our 20 month old Daughter do some pictures of her own to send to the troops.

I want them to see that their work is not going unnoticed by all over here, and I hope it would be symbolic of the freedoms they are helping create for women and girls over there.

Thanks again Kate for the confirmation that our little endeavor is not alone.

Good grief Kate...what a magnificent piece. It reminds me of my beloved golden retriever, who comes to my office with me on a daily basis (hey, I own the company), lays under my desk during the day with his chin resting on my feet.

Chuck Schultz was right...happiness IS a warm puppy...

Wow! That's a touching piece of art. Having spent the last two days in the cemetary playing for those visiting their dead, seems appropriate to me.

I had to look twice, I thought that it was a photo. It is simply beautiful. You are such a talented lady. My man says awesome....

Yes, it fits.

Kate you are a gifted artist.

Kate-

Would you please put some more of your art about the place? And not just the air brush work, please. If you're going to attract an audience for your thoughts, you may as well let them purchase some lovely parting gifts. Or at least offer the opportunity to commission something you both can agree on.

I'd be in to negotiating something, if you're game.

technique???? Dumb question---it's that little touch of magic that sets art apart from science....whether with a brush, a welder....or a plow.
It blesses the artist as well as the beholder.....

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man -- Mark Twain

Man I envy people like you with this kind of Talent. I couldn’t draw a stick man straight. A lovely picture you created. Thank you!! (O:}
I don't think painters are ever going out of style. Machine’s don't have souls to imbibe a part in a work.
JMO

Had to get my emotions in check before writing this. My little Yorkie waits at the dining room window for me to arrive home from work. Its always a great reunion scene.

I don't wear a soldier's boots nor do I use his or her tools of trade. That is why my dog gets to wag her tail every day I come home.

On this Memorial Day I say again such inadequate words to our brave men and women who wear the uniform - THANK YOU!!!!!

Kate - Thanks for reminding us how thankful we should be. You did it without printing a single word.

It's almost more than I can bear. Tears me up, dogs waiting for dead owners.

You continue to amaze me Kate.

Regards,
Pat

a picture is worth a thousand words

you speak eloquently, Kate

Lovely Kate!

Lovely work. As an avid dog lover, the message of the painting almost wrung a tear from my eye. Certainly pulled at the heartstrings.

again kate ..i must say ....you are awsome ..you know how to speak intellegently with or with out words something that god has bestowed upon you a very cool blessing and i love the fact that you utilize it so well ..may god smile upon your soul ...i am canadian to the bone but we owe alot to all soldiers who fight the good fight ....who come home to empty appartment's with no one and nothing it is you kate that they can see it is people like you through out the world that scream at the top of your lung's ....we will never forget ...we will never forget ....we will never forget ....agains A BIG ASS THANK YOU KATE ....AND a very humble and proud THANK you to all of our soldiers here and in heavan..god bless you all ....and again ....THANK YOU !!!!

Paul D
calgary canada.

I couldn't disagree more with a lot of your politics, but you certainly are a gifted artist, Kate.

well well well...so you painted THAT !

madameoiselle that is very very very well done...i have what i call my kitsch corner in my gallery,the corner is of dogs and cats being being whimsical puppies and kittens...all very well rendered indeed ...but your painting draftsmanpersonwise is impeccably well done ...good on you miz !

i'm so happy that now i can give you my wholehearted support...without reservation.

being a dog person...and a painter..and a thinker i do aspire...i happily acknowledge you as a maitre of two of my incidental accidental interests..

really now...it is all good very good but the carpet is outstanding.

Just got in from a late, lonely and boring overtime shift, when I had wanted to spend the afternoon in the sun. Thought I'd take a quick look
at the computer. Your work made it all worth while, what a nice sentiment to close the day with.

I knew it was your painting, Kate. Not only is it recognizable as your style (seen others you've done), but, hey, lookit the doggie... Makes me want to reach into the screen and give 'er a little rub on the noggin. Yep, THAT'S art.

Used to paint a bit when I was younger, though I never came close to your level of talent.

Those who can, they're real artists. Those who can't, well, they stamp their feet and whine when the taxpayers say "enough".

And the biggest contribution to the world WK can come up with is a tired old pop schtick filled with vulgar profanity... (I guess that makes him a popschtickle).

I still don't know how you find the time - do you ever sleep? A raise of the glass to you, Kate.

Nice work.

A "min schnau" and a well executed Canadian combat boot.

I can only echo the others. Nice work Kate.

Great painting Kate!!

Now a ludite type question about the memorial project ala google earth.

Is there somewhere on that page that has a link to whatever file it is you need to add that layer to GE?

Wow!..Late in on this parade of compliments.
Great work Kate!
And thank you for engaging us in Memorial Day with our American friends and families.

Thanks for the great pic 'Kate'. You have captured the thought perfectly.

You should offer it to Obama for the White House. He's looking for art to hang on the walls

Or create a new category "Art not likely seen in Obama's house".

There is a warm intimacy on this site. straightforward appreciation of daily events, the music at night; looking into the eyes of somebody's best frend... this is just a nice place to be.

amazing work, how much would it cost me to contract a private painting to be done up:)?

Kate, I join the other posters in complimenting you on your remarkable talent.

A touching tribute to a dead soldier's most loyal comrade.

That's a thoroughly impressive piece of work, Kate. I'd love to buy it for my sister, who keeps terriers, but I'm afraid you'd want money for it, so we're out of luck.

It's not so much that I myself can't paint like that. It's that, if I actually could paint like that, the terrier would be holding a poker hand and winking. Some of us have the gravitas for art, and they - that would be you, Kate - have my unalloyed respect.

Kate - absolutely beautiful. How come some people are so talented?
If you have a showing/sale of your paintings, make sure that you let us know.

It is a great painting but a bit sad though because the dog is waiting for its owner to come home. But it is an amazing painting

Beautiful work, Kate.

Very poignant, Kate, and extremely well executed: Canada's answer to Edinburgh's Greyfriar's Bobby?

What a beautiful painting Kate. I have been sad since America ushered the new stranger into the Whitehouse. I was overcome with loss the day George W. Bush left with his lovely wife, Laura, and ...Barny, the real Whitehouse dog; wise, on guard for his people, not afraid of intruders and not afraid to snap at those who bring ill will to America, loyal, clean, solid male without any flash or 'big bark, no bite', a dog that a person would want to be with all the time because he would always back you up and would always be good, honest company.

President George W. made me feel safe because he was a mature man (with a mature dog) who had the well being of the people (especially the soldiers) of America constantly in his heart and in his mind. W. and Barny were not 'play acting' for the Camera, they were working for the people and they didn't care about the msm yappers; Barny was back up with a bite. In glaring contrast is the emotionally immature Barack Hussein and his wild out of control pup gamboling around, not even trying to fill the 'shoes' of a real Commander and Chief with a real dog that knows what backup means. The pup and the naive, arrogant, agenda driven puppet President have never known emotional or mental stress; they have never been in danger and they have not grown a conscience through experience.

The juvenile 'team' have set America for sail on a stormy sea, in a rowboat without oars. The picture of Barny biting the nasty reported who dared attack his master, a man who loved the troops and the people so much that he sacrificed his Presidency to keep them safe (even those who spewed vitriol at him constantly), contrasts sharply with the jangly adolescent and a young pup wildly running out of control over everything that means anything to the American people and their soldiers, the men/women who have stood on guard for freedom and security for America, for centuries.

For me. the beautiful picture you painted, Kate, invokes a personal response to the departure of W., a response, that I could have shared with Barny; under different circumstances. If W. had left Barny, Barny would have 'waited' beside a shoe that the trusted man had worn, hoping forever that the man and the old world (the shoe)that he had represented would return. The people who appreciated the good man who was President for eight years cannot 'wait' for him to be President again because we know that his Presidency is over; we can just miss him and be grateful for his dedication to us for all those years.

I would guess that many soldiers who have the Youth as commander and chief feel as the dog in your picture and I feel - I doubt that Barny would have 'served' the new guy...the soldiers have no choice but in their hearts they know the difference between Barny and BO....they must miss W and my heart hurts for them as it does for your little dog in this picture.

You are a very gifted person Kate. All of us who read and comment here are very fortunate to have such an amazing hostess. Thank-you for posting this; even though it made my heart hurt.

reminds me of them paintings of kids and puppies with the big brown eyes