The Future of the Misty Isle Farms Field?

Hello Art & Travel Blog Follower! I have not been posting much lately, but am starting up again in preparation for my upcoming trip to Mexico City & Colombia. Leaving in a few days! On May 1st! With my son Giacomo! More on that later!

In the meantime, I am catching up on stuff that needs to be chronicled before it slips into oblivion; and I start with the image below:

A digital painting of a proposed Dog Park at Misty Isle Farms on Vashon.

The Sheep Dog Classic is not being held this year, but the most beloved field on Vashon Island remains thanks to it being purchased by King County. How will it be used in the future?

I was commissioned by Vashon’s Sheep Dog Classic Organization to paint what it would look like if it was fenced for a Dog Park. So here it is (above).

I have painted this field a couple times before, so I used those paintings and a few photos as reference to help come up with this image. DIgital painting shares many of the same sensibilities used in traditional painting:

The above was commision by Kate Ettinger in 2022. (Oil on Canvas)

This is one of my first sold paintings (bought by former Vashon Hardward Restauranteur Melinda Powers). Painted in 2016? (Oil on canvas)