"Twilight Roses"

I was so taken with that Twilight ground (Nooka portrait, below) that I decided to do a study of 4 roses on it. Roses are the only flowers I paint. To me a rose represents the beauty of a woman. I love women, and painting them, so I love painting roses. You can see a whole garden of my roses at kevinroeckl.com. 

Please share this with your friends who love roses.

Portrait of Nooka

Finished a simple portrait of "Nooka" Peterson. 

Done with Prismacolor pencil on "Twilight", a beautiful purple ground made by Canson, a 500-year-old papermaking company in France. (Yes that's right, they've been in business for 500 years.) They make the finest art papers in the world.

Count-the-butterflies winner

The winner of my "Count the butterflies" contest is Mary Nanez. She will receive a personalized Doberman bookmark. 

The correct number of butterflies was 8. Several people got creative, finding more butterflies in the dog's ear, chest, etc.!

Count-the-butterflies Contest

This painting of a red Dobergirl is called "Attack of the Butterfly People". How many butterflies can you find in it? A winner will be chosen randomly from the correct answers. The prize is a Doberman bookmark, inscribed to you personally with the Roeckl signature! Go to this link to see a large, detailed picture and submit your entry. The winner will be notified on August 20.

ABOUT THE PAINTING: 

A portrait of Kobe (CH Pinnacle's Tres Jolie), owned by Tammy Kaplan. Kobe was a Top Twenty show dog for two consecutive years. Her theme was butterflies. This painting was featured on the front cover of Doberman Quarterly magazine (Fall 1991 issue).

Franz's Garden

I wanted to share this painting from very early in my career (circa 1980) because I hope your experience of my work is like walking through a gateway into a beautiful garden.

"Franz's Garden" was named after the collector who purchased it because one of the little boys reminded him of his son.