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16 Animals Are Watching You: Last Day to Bid on Julia’s Pet Food Paintings

Published September 27, 2026

Happy Sunday morning! A guinea hen named Freezy would look good on your wall. Today’s your last chance to bid on Julia’s Pet Food paintings, and every dollar goes to a local animal shelter.

Meet Freezy the guinea hen. She’s named after the frozen banana recipe of the same name in Pet Food.
All 16 of the Pet Food paintings. Each painting is 18″ x 20″ plus the handbuilt oak barn wood frame.
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Get a Taste of Pet Food at Happy Valley Filling Station

Published August 24, 2026

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Note: Julia’s artist reception for Pet Foot has been rescheduled to September 2 at 5:30 pm

Rhubarb goat painting by Julia Carpenter, Pet Food exhibit
Meet Rhubarb, one of the sixteen animal paintings on display at Happy Valley Filling Station (18′ x 20′ / Acrylic on canvas)

Join my wife Julia and me this Wednesday August 26, September 2 at 5 pm at Happy Valley Filling Station for the opening reception of Pet Food. Pet Food is a collection of 16 of Julia’s… Continue reading →

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