Check out how the Yellow Pup in “Smells Like Spring” has the same mandala on his house as on his dog tags! The fabric match is delightfully similar in the sky and grassy areas--you can see how spring must be in the air in that swirly patterned sky!

Going To The Dogs -  A collaborative trip through the neighborhood from a dog’s perspective Kathy Deggendorfer, watercolor artist, and Tonye Belinda Phillips, quilter, have been having fun again! It’s never a dull moment when these two creative women put their heads together. Out on a long walk along the Metolius River with their dogs last summer, “to get outside and stretch our legs and our imaginations,” they dreamed up what has turned out to be their latest project! Tonye had been working on a series of whimsical houses that is called “House Party.” These great images are full of color and pattern. Kathy, as part of her project about Oregon specialty farms, had been working on a book. The main character and his (surprise, surprise!) Yellow Dog travel around Oregon visiting farms and ranches in their little pickup truck.

Dog Houses? Dogs!? What could be more fun? -- “Going To The Dogs” includes 5 Original Paintings and 5 new collaborative images featuring a variety of breeds on the “Street of Doghouse Dreams.” Tonye’s wonderful hand-quilted original designs are created by her using fabrics sourced here in the United States. Kathy’s colorful watercolor paintings are painted on high quality archival watercolor paper. The combined pieces of artwork are expertly framed by Myrna Dow, award winning framer, of the High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon and High Desert Frameworks!