Views and Visions 2012 Entries



Straw Market Nassau

(David & Alice Metteri Memorial Art Award)

Shore Petit Four



Equine Play Time

 

These are the three entries I submitted into the

VFAA's 2012 Views and Vision Show

at the Huron Valley Council for the Arts

 

Straw Market Nassau received the David & Alice Metteri Memorial Art Award

 

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat and browse through the pages of my website here:

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another pet portrait

This is a commissioned portrait from earlier this month. It's been crazy busy here! I'm working on illustrations for another new book and commissions for other clients too...more posts coming soon! Please click on the rescues below and donate or help some of these poor animals with new homes! You don't have to have a portrait done in order to donate or help these guys get a good home! But if you do order work from me or prints from my store, I'll donate a portion of the price! It's all for a great cause!

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!

Have a seat in the sun with a tall cold glass of something and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

Twister's dental work

Twister gets his teeth floated

I can never get enough of watching the horses get their teeth floated by the equine dentist. Just enough sedation makes them so agreeable they'll let you do just about anything. There is always some serious rasping of the teeth noise during these visits and you KNOW it's really loud inside their heads! Just a few minutes before this photo was taken, Twister was pounding on the wall of the stall to get out, patience not being his best virtue. Without sedation, just the squirt of a fly spray bottle (Karen's [not pictured here]pet peeve) or the sudden movement of a plastic bag on a windy day (Twister's peeve) can sometimes send them into hysterics!

...go figure

happiness ensues...

Twister and Karen on a romp in the pasture
as they continue their blissful life together ;-D

Twister and Karen

This the beginning of the story of our horse Twister (the bay) and Karen (the chestnut) together.  Twister lost his companion Buddy in the fall of 2008. Our neighbors asked us if we would adopt their horse Karen when Buddy passed, but due to a combination of broken hearts and other circumstances we've been dragging our feet about taking on another horse. Spring has come early to Michigan this year and brought the perfect mixture of warm weather, outdoor play, great friends, good choices and a new partner for Twister to love. We have decided to adopt Karen from our neighbors that offered her and as you can see, they are so happy together! Many thanks to Doni, Tim, Rianna, Sierra, Gerry, Magic and that big wet rug Sassy for making this possible, for giving the gift of renewed companionship and the gift of Karen's love...to Twister...who we so desperately adore

...life is good. 

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat in the sun with a sippy and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

New Year!

Now that the new year has begun, it might behoove me to to start picking up the ball where I dropped it before the holidays and pay a little more attention to my blog here. I don't know about the rest of you but that was one whirlwind of a season (just like every year) and I had a great time, but I sure am glad it's done and I can get back to work. I decided to list a bunch of my contemporary art pieces on ebay today, so please take a moment to check those out. Since I closed my ebay store, I'll just send you right over to my "about me" page and all you'll have to do is scroll down and click on the artwork listed for sale. Pictures of my horses are on that page too, although Buddy (the one with the blond mane) left us for the great hay bale in the sky about a year ago. I just can't bring myself to take his picture down. HE was a great horse. I swear I could look him in the eye and he knew what I was thinking. Usually I was thinking, he must be thinking "she's nuts if she thinks she's gonna put a saddle on me!"

I'll miss him forever.

...ANYWAY...

go here to peek at my contemporary works: About Me on eBay

When you purchase an item from my store, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. They deserve a chance too.

Grab a cup of coffee and take a long luxurious gander at my website ArtQwerks

Happy New Year 2008!

Well this is it...
The first day of the New Year just waiting for us to do something unique with it. The work here is from my "farcical folk art" series entitled "Sisters Social Sanctuary", it's kind of a collagey, mixed media-ish, conglomeration of fun stuff and a tribute to my sister that passed away from breast cancer in 2005. She'd like it, so do I...it kind of reminds me of my girls. We used to laugh and laugh over stuff like this and things only we would understand...rightfully so, that's what sisters do eh?
I'll be doing some charity auctions this year for The Breast Cancer Foundation and also some animal charities of my choice through eBay. They are authorized by Mission Fish on eBay so you know your donations (and mine) will be going to legitimate organizations. Please help me help them, watch for the little blue ribbons next to the auctions that apply in my eBay store here: http://stores.ebay.com/Donna-Pellegata-Artist-Studio_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm.

Last night was an evening in for us. The holidays provided so many get togethers it just didn't seem right to venture out to another one on such a treacherous night. The snow started around dark or a little after and there's now about eight inches or more on the ground with more expected until noon (last I heard) although it looks as though it's down to a slight seasoning of snowflakes as of now. Fine by me, I loved being home last night watching the snow fall, the ball drop, that crazy guy that jumped the length of the stadium on a motorcycle, the champagne disappear, minus the part about worrying about any offspring having to make the hazardous drive home from work...she made it...she's safe. That's all that really matters in this new year to me. That my loved ones and my friends, well everyone really, can also enjoy the beauty of the snowfall and of life, from the safety of their windows or where ever they are and that everyone has a healthy and happy year ahead...oh yeah...and world peace.


...as of 3pm there's over a
foot of snow on the ground,
more expected tonight.
(final snow total was 17inches)


This is one heel kickin' snowfall!

buddy
Does this blanket make
my butt look big?

twister
Talk to the hoof...

reilly
I've got WINGS!!!
(I can't help but notice this photo
makes Reilly look like a hawk, the
very bird that tries to EAT her on
a daily basis!)

You can see most all of my portraits in MY GALLERIES at: http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_20424_profile_portfolio.htm or view my slide shows upper right.