Fox and Hounds

New portrait of our friend living behind the shed at the moment with his misses,..its Renard the fox...and here we have Bill the black lab, belonging to my friends the Fordingbridge Hurdlemakers and another portrait of Matilda, looking quite inquisitive?

http://www.ahayball.co.uk/galleryindex.html

New puppies joining the whiplington sisterhood!

Baby Bedlington whippet crosses


Tilly's Mum, 'Noodles' just had 8 new babies today (only one boy again). ..This year they have the luxury of an Infra red lamp! If you fancy a little whiplington puppy like Matilda, contact me and give you details of the breeder.

PLACEMATS, MUGS & SOCKS!

NEW AL HAYBALL PRODUCTS!
This is just to let you know about some exciting news.
'Al Hayball' contemporary art is now featured on some fantastic new products.
Please click on these links for more details:

* PLACEMATS
* MUGS
* MOBILE PHONE /MP3 PLAYER SOCKS

The artworks look absolutely fab on these items as you'll see when you go to the new website pages,
They are exclusively available to buy only from our website.
You can order directly online, but please do contact us if there is anything you need to know.


Thanks for your continued interest.
( Even if you aren't buying at this present time, all feedback is gratefully appreciated )

All the best,

al

© al hayball
http://ahayball.co.uk

One year old today!

Happy Birthday Matilda! x

Merry Christmas!

Thoughtful Tilly

Tilly running in the snow..SHE'S QUICK!

Tilly, running around in circles to make a cameraman dizzy
...She sounds like a helicoptor, once she gets going!

SNOW!

Perfect recall!...some of the time!

Ardingly showground Craft show

Hi,
Great to see those of you that came to 'Ardingly' showground at the weekend. A very successful time, so i'm beavering away on my commissioned work, (a mixture of dogs and people to do!) For those that didn't make it, here is my stand. If you can make it next week I'll be at Loseley Park, Surrey come rain or shine, next thursday to sunday, 25-28 November, for all your Christmas shopping needs.
For details click on:
Loseley Park
al's web site

Harvey the West highland terrier

'Harvey' - Tilly's evening walking companion, pictured on the Boscombe overcliff.
His hobbies are chasing people on skate boards at full pelt, sniffing out 'Reynard' and asking alan for treats. When Peter has him groomed he resembles a pure white little pedigree, but within no time at all will be slightly off white and giving it 'attitude'...Good old Harvey!
(Tilly says sorry she used to jump on you all the time!..here she is below being a 'beach hoover'!)

'Mermaid, dreaming' - new painting by al hayball

Just finished painting this ponderous mermaid. She is sat on the rocks, down in Cornwall, in a sort of dreamy mood. ( St. Michaels mount pictured in the background.)
Limited edition prints are available on my website.

Till and I in the conservatory

The only way to stop her nibbling is to grab hold of Tilly and not let her head wriggle under her t-shirt!

Post 'Spaying' aint fun

‎("Well didn't like wearing a cone all night and don't think much about this t-shirt idea..Do you think thats gunna stop me licking those stiches? We'll see!")

Back home safely

Well, Tilly's back home from the vet now,
..very slow and sleepy at the moment,
but everything went ok, according to the vet.
So no seasons for Tilly now to worry about.
She's got a little draw-string stitches on her tummy that will have to be taken out in 2 weeks time.
I'm hoping she wont pick at them, but I have a very fetching 'buster' collar for her if she needs it, (in electric blue translucent!)
I just cooked her some 'boiled rice and chicken', but she's not hungry yet..I think she's still too drowsy.
She looked so small and fragile when I collected her! ... just keeping her warm tonight...walks on the lead for the next 2 weeks.
...She'll soon be back to bouncing about again!
al

A walk on Hegistbury Head

Thought I'd take Tilly on a nice walk over Hengistbury head today, as a treat as tommorrow could be a bit traumatic as she is off to the vets to be spayed.
Its for the best, generally speaking, however nice it would be to have pups. I think that unless I planned on keeping one, it wasn't really worth the hassle...and the mess. I'm not really geared up for it to be honest! Must get on now quite busy with work and stuff. Caricatured portraits, making greeting cards, finishing two canvasses and a black labrador portrait to do, plus getting stuff ready for the Christmas shows...and both my dad and sister have hip ops in the coming weeks and oh yes I'm waiting having root canal treatment..not enjoying the pain at present!...Oh well, These things are sent to try us.

Yummy...shells!

Its 'hoover time'

BRRRRRR...thats cold!

Does my bum look big in this?

So thats Bournemouth bay...