Adoring Eyes Canvas Print

The Schipperke is a dog with a mischievous expression. A faithful watchdog bred to hunt vermin. This Monotype highlighted in pastel shows the adoring,faithful and watchful look in this dogs eyes.

After graduating California State University Northridge with a degree in art and knowing the difficulties of earning a living in this field, I put my creative side on hold and chose a career in Real Estate. Twenty-three years later, I began to write short stories about Salukis, the breed of dog I share my life with. I decided it might be fun to illustrate these stories. Following two years of studies at Brentwood Art Center School of Fine Art in Los Angeles and finding I loved working in the pastel medium, I began sketching my Salukis. Then in the summer of 2001, my sister died. With the impact of her death, I discovered that my breakthrough in artistic expression and experimentation was through the drawing of animals. This new insight...