Sunday, February 6, 2011

What Dog Portrait Are All About

By Christopher Scott


That scary land seated between life and death is guarded by a do claims this artist. This artist would explore many black and white paintings and monotypes just to know more about what shadow dogs really mean. The ability of this artist who has a fine arts degree from a university in New Mexico has been shared to many people as she has held exhibits around the country. In addition this artist has awards for the work she put in fabrics, photography and printmaking.

From dogs this artist turned the tables and went to frogs. These creatures are made of steel and measure 10 feet tall. A young girl's fascination with frogs was what she called her work.

Taking part in her thesis was also her work on non rational states of consciousness. Her work boast of the link she created to certain shamanistic beliefs like the way a person can collaborate with animals by combining forms. This artist claims that people should know how to survive the old way so that civilization will continue to thrive. Now we have stepped into a time where we have to cooperate with other creatures as this is important.

The work she did with the monoprints of dogs is all about collaboration Part of the long list of achievements she also works at a local humane society and for the local news. She is also known to take home strays and has about four now.

These creatures are the subject of her monoprints. She says that it forces one to work faster and to do it all at once. It's about working in both directions at the same time, putting ink on and taking it out. It requires a lot of physical strength.

Despite being able to see an image you are still unsure of how it will really turn out. There is always a sense of being direct and unsentimental in her work.

It is no fail that she is able to paint a moment in the life of the dog that will normally funny. Sometimes she shows dogs who are yawning, sleeping in the grass, portrayed with their heads lost in a culvert or a can of kibble.

Titles are really important, the artist said. There is really no need to know that full story to find it humorous. About a third of her work is dog portraits on commission from individual owners. She works with her husband in doing paintings.




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