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An American Gentleman

The title is from a print and watercolour I did based on this photo I took when Austin and I were in SLC. It was the weekend we got engaged!


The story behind this was neither of us knew a Boston Terrier existed. It's a weird dog if you've never seen one haha! We thought he was a statue (like a garden gnome or something) that was with the junk beside him. He never moved! He didn't move even when I took a photo of him. Finally we advanced on him, gave up, and walked away. He moved! It scared the living crap outta us. 

So that's how it all started. 

When we found out about our kid situation, we knew we wanted a Boston Terrier to keep us company as we go through that journey because it brings good memories.

Well, lots of things change and go on and now we're on third year of marriage, moving to Wyoming and I have turned into a Carhart girl ;) 


And we're finishing our last projects --I worked on a final watercolour piece! When thinking about it, I thought I'd do a stylized portrait of us. Compositionally, it needed a third object/figure. So I put in a dog. And guess what?

We totally found a Boston breeder in Cheyenne!! It's already happening :D
 
In the meantime it's been late nights, lots of pops and avoiding doing last projects. (Me painting my nails to avoid painting a painting..... that makes sense.....)
 

Hey, whatever helps you get it done right? Austin's the same! We've been poking each other awake through late nights, side by side!






So here it is, a not too far off portrait we can hang in Wyoming!






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  1. MichelleApril 9, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    good job on your fingernails! love love!

    sorry I haven't texted you back, I've been puking my guts out for 24 hours. . and yes, this is the second sickness I've had in two weeks. kill me.

    can't wait to see you soon!

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  2. Brennyn Torres CarmenApril 9, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    Baha! Thanks, no problem! Just finding excuses to say hi cause I'm excited! I'm so sorry, I had that a few weeks back... back to back like that. Stay hydrated!! I didn't and it made it so much worse. Yucky yuck yuck. We'll have fun up here, don't worry!

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