We have a new addition to the family which has taken a lot of my time away from the easel and mainly everything else.
He flew in from Perth 2 weeks ago and was pretty unwell the first week, doing great now and growing. We call him Rivett.



Dream is finally paying some attention to him, her motto "if I ignore it it isn't here", but he is here and he does go to her for plays.
Luckily for Dream, while she is still recovering from her knee operation, Rivett has another little friend to play with. Little in years, for he is only 51/2 months old. He is called Shyam, or Sam for short. He has grown so fast and so big, you could almost hear him grow. He is the softest, most gentle pup I have ever come across, our Sam. He is just a beautiful darling.

Sam at 4.5 months

Sam at 5.5 months
But he is also 18kilos heavy and Rivett was only 3.5kilos upon arrival and not too strong so it was necessary to keep them apart for most of the time and only together under strict supervision. That caused some hard work.
However, Rivett is so much stronger now and really eager to play with Sam. So I let them. Today they finally played to the point that Sam actually walked away from the little one to have a rest under my desk in my studio. He is still here now.
This what I had the other day and it shows some proportions at the same time. How gorgious is that:


In the meantime my studio looks like a bom has gone of in it. I have books and magazines piled up on my desk, waiting to be read, I have a palette with old paint laying on my work table with paint tubes scattered around it.
I have puppy toys overy where on the floor.
But loving every minute of it.
P.S. Two-Tone: now you have the picture you were asking for... Sort of.