Man's best friend has become a common centerpiece, moulded so into works of art and down to the personalized mug. A flight attendant and her mother, both of Memphis, Tennessee have had four of their dogs immortalized on canvas by a famous pastel artist. Two of the beloved pooches have been lost, and they remember them in these rather expensive family photos. Never admit in their presence that the dogs all look alike to you.
Last year she and her mother had their two current dogs, Kelly Rae, a cockapoo puppy, and Miss Manners, a Lhasa apso, portrayed together. Outgoing is Kelly, while snobbish is Miss Manners. That just about covers it. Serious art collectors have begun to complement their collections with doggie art.
The price for a good animal painting has multiplied four times since ten years ago, from $2,500 to $10,000, as reported by leading 19th century animalized and Manhattan gallery owner Recently a painting of Neptune, a Newfoundland was auctioned for $577,000 a record price for a painting by the 19th century's pre eminent animalier. At the same time, a Frenchman who lives on Long Island and a leading animalier of this century, commands as much as $250,000 for a single beastly profile for his paintings.
More and more people became interested in decorating Victorian style, and one requisite was animal art. Any animals, from pets to farm animals, could be the subject of an English painting, serving for both personal pleasure and advertising opportunities. An animal painting greatly increases the warmth of a room, testified the gallery owner.
When she hears of doting pet owners who have local artists paint their pets, she does not look down on them, even though she usually works with thousand dollar works of art. Across the nation, everyone is getting into the pet painting trend, which she considers serious art. In order to be satisfied with the likeness of one's breed, an owner should just commission his own painting, because there are breeds whose descendants' looks are far from those of their ancestors. Animal artists must work within the guidelines of photos, that they take themselves sometimes, and the instructions of their patrons. One watercolor painter from Germantown, Tennessee, jumped onto the pet painting scene after specializing in landscapes, and encountered an owner who made her redo a portrait, because she failed to capture the gleam in the dogs' eyes. She delighted another owner, however, with a portrait of a deceased dachshund shown in five poses.
With another water colorist, this time from Eads, Tennessee, the past 13 years have been a flourish of house and dog paintings. Dogs and horses are her main fare, though there are those who request paintings of cats, fish, and even a frog. She can tell from the reaction of the client when he sees the painting if he is pleased, especially when the portrait is of a deceased pet. Sobs may escape some owners.
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