Gouache Painting: Boston Terrier Commissioned Portrait
Here is a gouache commissioned portrait painting of Joey, a smart-as-heck, funny loving Boston Terrier. I so enjoy doing commissioned portraits, capturing the personality of the subject. The eyes, in my opinion, are critical. Doesn’t matter if the subject has claws, hooves, paws or fingers.
Please contact me at artsesue@hotmail.com if you’d like to commission a portrait in gouache, acrylic or pencil. Get a piece of original art you’ll treasure for a lifetime!
Joey's Commissioned Gouache Portrait
Gouache (opaque watercolor) Painting: In Honor of the Cutest Dog Ever
This is a gouache (opaque watercolor) painting of Keebler Alf, my dog. He died on Friday at the age of 18, and I miss him. I’m posting this painting in his honor.
Keebler Alf
Gouache Painting: A Hound at the Horse Show
This is a gouache (opaque watercolor) painting of a beautiful hound dog (I’m not sure what breed) sitting in front of us on the lawn at the recent horse show. She, obviously, could have cared less about what the horses were doing and kept staring at the kids in our group as if to say “Oh please, let’s go play.”
A Hound at the Horse Show
Gouache Painting: Along the Ocean’s Edge/A Day at the Beach
Here’s a gouache painting that needs no explanation! Can you hear the seagulls or the ocean? I hope so. I do love the beach.
Gouache Painting: Along the Ocean's Edge
Gouache (Opaque Watercolor) Portrait Painting: Yorkshire Terrier
Here’s an example of the portrait work I do… a gouache watercolor painting of Moxie, the little Yorkshire Terrier with a big terrier attitude. She has no clue she’s 3 inches off the ground! I love that little dog.
Please feel free to contact me at artsesue@hotmail.com to order a portrait of your house, your horse or your honey! (Or anything else you’d like drawn or painted. You can check out my drawings at www.graphitegoddess.com. ) 
Gouache (Opaque Watercolor) Portrait Painting
Watercolor Painting of Creek in Spring
I’m so glad spring has arrived. This gouache (opaque watercolor) painting is of the creek north of my home. The trees are just now sending out new leaves and everything is beginning to bloom again. I’ve got to get out with my camera again today!
Spring's Arrival at the Creek
Gouache Watercolor Painting: Long-haired Kitty
This is a gouache (opaque watercolor) painting of my kitty, Angel. She isn’t with us any longer, but the photo I snapped for this painting was taken one day while I was busy folding laundry on the bed. She accompanied me to every room of the house, which was unusal. That’s a dog thing, isn’t it? Anyway, she had perched on the window sill and was intently studying something, or someone, outside. To me, she looked like a very intense yet contented daydreamer!
The Daydreamer
Gouache (opaque watercolor) Painting: Roses
It’s still too early this year for the roses to be blooming, but I had hardly wait! I love painting and drawing them. This is a gouache painting I did of some fantastic pink/yellow roses growing in my neighbor’s yard. (Someone said they are called “peace roses”, but I don’t know if that’s accurate.) Although I do love them as subject matter for art, actually tending to them as living beings is far too time and energy consuming for me. I leave it to others to do that part, and am grateful they do!
This painting is available as a giclee print, on paper or canvas, in various sizes, at http://www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/suzanne-schaefer/html You may also get it on a coffee mug or as a greeting card at my Zazzle store… http://www.zazzle.com/zannie947.
Original Gouache Painting: “The Teddy Bear Sentinels”
This gouache (opaque watercolor) painting is of my son. One night, when he was little, I went into his room to make certain he was covered up and sleeping peacefully. He was, and………I felt as if I was being watched! All those eyes staring at me! All his precious teddy bears (the sentinels!) gathered around this little boy, in his red and white seersucker jammies and baseball cap, as if they were guarding him through the night. Adam is an adult now, and I still hope he has guardians (of a higher level than teddy bears) watching out for him all the time, not just when he’s sleeping.
