Joy Incarnate

painted portrait of a Brittany Spaniel running with his tongue out — Gwenn Seemel
*Joy Incarnate*
2014
acrylic on panel
7 x 5 inches

I don’t paint action moments like this one all that often, but I did in 2012 with this image of a lioness catching a warthog. Roo has been my subject a number of times, including once in a remake of a Renaissance painting. You can watch the making of Joy Incarnate.