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Posted: January 17, 2010 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a comment
Yvonne Sovereign, Sanford, North Carolina, in her bio for Dogs In Review wrote: I was born into art. My mother and father met in art school and my father had a career in graphic art, painting on the side. As my mentor he stressed proper structure and perspective. He helped me with my first oil painting of a deer when I was only 7. When I was 8 years old my grandfather gave me a stack of paper and I drew Greyhounds from an article about racing Greyhounds in one of his sporting magazines. How I loved their beauty! In high school I majored in art, learning to paint on canvas in acrylics, then attended a summer program for the gifted and classes at the Corcoran School of Art. I then majored in art for two years at Virginia Commonwealth University. I still take painting workshops periodically. I have always had a love for dogs and I decided to concentrate on canine art in the mid-1970s when I went to the Old Dominion dog show in Virginia and spotted a display there of an artist whose work I still admire, Margarite Val de Tara King. She had amazing graphite drawings of dogs and large oil painting of the Whippet, Ch. Sporting Field’s Clansman. I was inspired by that painting and knew then that I would focus my artwork on dogs.
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Posted: January 10, 2010 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a comment
Christine Merrill, in her bio for Dogs In Review wrote: I became a “professional” artist at age 12 when I was commissioned to paint a yellow Labrador with a ball at a stable where I used to ride. I was paid $5 for the painting. I was so excited, but when I told my mom I was being paid $5 she laughed kindly and said my materials would cost more than that. She was my early mentor, and taught me early on how to get the likenesses of humans and dogs. I was classically trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore where I studied for five years under Hans Schuler, the school’s founder, and his wife Ann.
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Posted: January 3, 2010 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a comment
Suzanne Schirra, Vail, Colorado, in her bio for Dogs In Review wrote: Some of my favorite moments come from letters I receive from clients whose beloved dogs have passed away. They tell me the life I capture in my paintings gives them gret joy. I have the greatest job in the world. I surround myself with bright, happy color and bright, happy dogs, and at the end of each day I get to go hiking with my dog.
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Posted: December 27, 2009 Filed under: Art and Photography Leave a comment
Stephen Hubbell, Weaverville, California, in his bio for Dogs In Review wrote: When I was 8 years old my grandmother gave me some oil paints and brushes. My parents encouraged me to continue painting and drawing, and after high school I attended the L.A. Trade Tech College. When I turned 18 I got a job as a Technical Illustrator for Lockheed Aircraft. From there it was industrial art, ad agencies and a position as an art director in Southern California. I taught myself fine arts. My first dog art was a drawing of my Boxer when I was in high school.
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Posted: December 20, 2009 Filed under: Art and Photography 1 Comment
Linda Budge, Cave Creek, Arizona, in her bio in Dogs In Review wrote: The creative spirit has always been my passion, even as a child. My mother gave me crayons, scissors and paper, and I was satisfied for hours. I didn’t do serious painting until after I was married. My husband John was in medical school and spent long hours studying. Although I was working full time as a legal secretary, I needed something to do in the evenings and on weekends. John gave me a wonderful gift, a small box filled with oil paints, brushes and several canvas boards. My first painting was an old man with a cat draped over one shoulder. I thought it looked pretty good when I finished, and took it to a nearby gallery. The owner of the gallery placed it on the floor and while he was giving me words of advice, a woman entered the gallery. She picked up my painting, and said, “I love this painting, but there’s no price.” The gallery owner grabbed me by the arm before I could say a word and directed me into the back room. “How much do you want?” he asked. Having no idea myself, he suggested $15, and so I sold my first painting.
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