"Manic," 10" square, painting of a chocolate lab playing in water, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel, $539 to the first one asking nicely . SALE PENDING (thank you!) The inspiration photo for "Manic" came from those submitted for my "Cherish" paintings . Funny how last winter dogs and water were not even on my radar. And now I can't get enough of them! This is the piece I blocked in and started on Tuesday . In process pics are on the studio's Facebook page . There's also in process pics of another dog and water piece, "One Fish, Two Fish," which I started and completed during a four hour live painting session last night at Merge Gallery . I'll highlight "One Fish, Two Fish" in tomorrow's blog post. Warm thanks to the staff at Merge for hosting a spectacular and inspiring night of creating, and to all the kind folks who stopped by and said hello while ...