Fine Animal Art

More and more, centerpieces today have become works of doggie art, whether constructed by a Master or a mug featuring one's favorite pet. One pair from Memphis, Tennessee, a flight attendant and her mother, went out of their way to find a renowned pastel artist to immortalize their four dogs on canvas.

According to the daughter, they are glad for this remembrance, since two of the pooches have died. You shouldn't even think that one dog looks like the next.

The two dogs who stayed behind, Kelly Rae, a cockapoo puppy, and Miss Manners, a Lhasa apso, were portrayed as a couple last year.

On the one hand, Kelly is quite probing, and on the other Miss Manners keeps her distance. That should give you a complete picture. Art critics are coming around to the value of doggie art.

Good quality animal portraits were valued at $2,500 ten years ago, a value that has since multiplied four times, according to a Manhattan gallery owner and expert in 19th century animal art.

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. Living on Long Island, is a renowned French painter, who only works for $250,000 per portrait.

With renewed interest in Victorian d.cor, so rose interest in animal art, as according to the gallery owner.

The English cherished animal paintings, whether of pets or farm animals, for both personal and business value. An animal painting greatly increases the warmth of a room, testified the gallery owner.

She would never give pet paintings commissioned by doting owners the cold shoulder, though her dealings involve high art. The whole nation has become engrossed with pet paintings, all of 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. The first layer in the painting is taken from a pet's photo, and the second layer involves instructions from the pet owner.

In the experience of a watercolor painter from Germantown, Tennessee, whose primary thing was landscapes, she had a client who made her redo a portrait of his two dogs to adjust for the shine in their eyes. In another experience, a patron had no complaints with a portrait of his dachshund that passed away, in five poses.

For 13 years, another watercolor painter from Eads, Tennessee, has succeeded with paintings of houses and pets. Though her experience includes cats, fish, and a frog, she more frequently paints dogs and horses.

The client's reaction is written on his face, especially when the painting is of a deceased pet. Some patrons are overcome with emotion.