subject: Pets And Their Different Colors [print this page] A graphic artist feels little faces watching her whenever she works at home. She spends most of her time at her home handling form designs, creating print ads or coupons work that can be tedious and colorless. Observing her through a screened door are four felines and four canines.
The career of this woman took a different turn when she saw the faces. She decided to paint the animal's pictures on canvas while she was on her way to see her parents in Texas. She tries to find colors that suit the personalities of the animals and then uses them for their portraits.
Capturing the essence of the animals is what she wants to achieve in her paintings. I need to know the animal's personality so that I can recreate it with colors. The first painting was that of a dog of mixed breed that she found with her husband on a camping trip. The dog, which was red, was always by their side.
To illustrate the jealous side of her dog, she used green. She's not the first person to use unusual colors for animal portraits. Inspired by his dog who had already passed away, a cajun artist painted a dog using the color blue.
The blue dog is highlighted in her paintings. People view these blue paintings as fanciful, but the artist views it as haunting. The paintings may look amusing, but there is actually a spiritual connotation to each one. Staring at us, the dog asks the questions that we ourselves have been asking.
She wants the art to be a reflection of the animal's essence. She picks vibrant colors, unusual patterns to mirror how they act. These animals were all alone before she came and rescued them. Her newest dog, kept leaving a neighbor's house and wandering to someone else's house and she finally adopted the dog.
She started making herself known as a pet portrait painter last summer by placing fliers in vet offices. In addition to photos of the animal, she also requests that clients describe the animal to her. The colors she uses for the portrait depends on her knowledge of the animal's personality. There is just something that these portraits give that satisfies customers, said the owner.
Someone painted her a bright yellow, which sums up that energetic personality perfectly. The artist owner of the local gallery in Memphis said portraits, even whimsical ones, appeal more to people who know the subject. You can look at a portrait, but it's possible you wouldn't appreciate the artistic element of it.
