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Dapper armadillo

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Kindgentleman

My wife suggested to me that I should draw an armadillo in a bowler hat. Why a bowler hat? I’m not sure what her reasoning was, but for me it was an opportunity to create a reason why he would … Continue reading →

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Duck and hound

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Kindgentleman

This image was originally done as a black and white illustration for a book of short stories about a very precocious basset hound. In this story, the dog makes friends with a duck, and they would often fall asleep snuggled … Continue reading →

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Pig in stroller

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Kindgentleman

A few years ago my niece delightedly told me about going to the park and seeing a pig that was being rolled around in a stroller. I thought that was an engaging visual image and decided to try and turn … Continue reading →

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Girl with pinwheels

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Kindgentleman

A few years ago I was watching my nieces from Alaska running around a park with some pinwheels and decided that I should paint a scene like that. I loved pinwheels as a kid and even when I pick one … Continue reading →

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Waltzing penguins

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Kindgentleman

I was watching Planet Earth 2 around the beginning of the year, and was struck a segment involving a huge colony of penguins living on a big frozen lake. For some reason, later that evening the image of a penguin … Continue reading →

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Cow wearing sunhat

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Kindgentleman

It can be difficult to answer questions like, “How did you come up with the idea for a cow wearing a sun hat?” The truth is that I was in the shower and the image popped into my head: a … Continue reading →

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Hedgehog

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Kindgentleman

I was riding in the car with my wife one evening after work, discussing ideas for watercolor images, when she suggested a hedgehog playing in the sand. I decided right there to paint that image for her as a gift. … Continue reading →

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First bike ride

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Kindgentleman

This painting was commissioned by a friend of mine as a Father’s Day gift. She wanted something that would show how encouraging and devoted her husband is to their daughters, and decided to focus on when her oldest daughter first … Continue reading →

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Christmas fish

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Kindgentleman

This is the image for my 2015 Christmas card. I was in a staff meeting at work, and was thinking about undersea creatures (because so far my Christmas cards have featured underwater animals), when this idea of a normally predatory … Continue reading →

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Hugging owls

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Kindgentleman

This painting started out as a Valentine’s Day present for my wife, who loves owls. It took a while to work out how to draw owls who look distinctly male and female, but I worked it out eventually through size … Continue reading →

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