This lady artist from Pasadena is no stranger to troubles every time she has to render a portrait for her adorable and unpredictable art subjects. Once can readily expect that no matter how well bred most of these subjects turn out to be, they won't pose as politely and patiently as mother, for whistler, did. Unable to wait to do his own thing, a typical muse will only give her a few minutes to pore through and assess his exquisite features and then with a short, loud bark or a scratch at a flea he might have thought he had, the sitting is done according to the subject who is the boss in such occasions.
Since the muses of her portraits are these pooches, she goes to the second floor studio of their 67 year old house and does most of her preliminary sketching with an instant camera in hand. She has seen so many animals and she noticed that some subjects pose better than what other dogs could. Superior posers are the thoroughbreds who have experienced dog shows and have been well trained but they also seem to be quite vain with how they look like.
When it comes to canine clients, they are mostly purebreds. They are very much easier to paint than mixed breeds because they have better recognizable skeletal structure and shades of coats. When it comes to playing favorites, this portraitist reveals that she gives that award to purebred hounds as this breeds have very short hair and an excellent and easily seen bodily structure. Capturing the great expressions of these dogs also make her enjoy them more.
She is also the technical illustrator for the local observatory and a well known watercolor landscape artist, apart from what she does. A famous gallery is home to some of her best works. She is a magazine illustrator thanks to her New York City art institute studies. Painting dogs was something that one teacher asked her to try.
Proving that she is a true animal lover, she would enjoy being at dog shows in New York and using first hand information, she would sketch and study carefully these various dog breeds. A very wealthy dowager in New York City had a dog and a portrait of it was her first commission ever. The painting of the dog which was felice signed took its place beside the lady dowager's original Rembrandt and Frans Hals paintings after it was framed elegantly. Successfully, she launched a book that did not only have sketches but also great descriptions and studies of every breed listed by the American kennel club after.
Her family moved to California 23 years ago, into their 1913 Pasadena craftsman's house with the perfect room for a serious artist's studio on the second floor. Pet owners come to her to have their pet pooches painted for posterity, showcasing their immense beauty. Charcoal and oil are second options for this lady who likes to depict her canine clients in pastels. Christmas is when she gets flooded with portrait assignments.
Like any human being painter would, she also flatters her non human muses at some occasions. She and her retired electrical engineering husband take care of salukis, purebred bloodhounds whose lines reach as far back as ancient Persia and Egypt's reign.
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