Paige Powell crosses Portland’s Hawthorne Boulevard in pink clam diggers, a tiny tee and a pink jacket. Guiding Powell on a flowered leash is Sherlock. Sherlock, a sixty-four pound shepherd/coonhound mix has a black coat as slick as a seal. Beneath sparkling black eyes Sherlock’s face is long and narrow, culminating in a […]
Getting Abstract With Photographer Laura Sue Phillips
What would your pup pick to decorate his doghouse? Laura Sue Philips knows. Her abstract photographs are geared for quadropeds, reflecting life as they see it. Abstraction of Abstraction for Dogs, Part I “I was born in Santa Barbara and never went south from there. ” “My father turned to art.” “He was […]
Linda St. Clair’s Brush With Nature
Representational art, as artist Linda St. Clair describes her work, is a rendering of recognizable objects, figures, or elements in nature. In her piece entitled “Looking for Shade,” it is apparent that four wooly sheep are the heat weary looking to cool off. And in “King of Queens” we know the one wearing the crown […]
Fleur’s Got Flair for Flora and Fauna!
If I could fancy a guess, I would say that Fleur Cowles, accomplished artist, writer and editor of innovative lifestyle magazine of the 50’s, Flair, would wish to be reincarnated as a cheetah. Lest you think that this is an odd way to begin an article, she started it–years ago–with her book, People as […]
John Lund Digital Arts – Fanciful Dogs and Cats!
Fanciful, whimsical, surrealistic and silly. John Lund’s art is all that and much more. Whether it is the sly grin of a mischievous cat or an old dog’s saddest, “Feed me, I’m starving,” look, John Lund’s images speak clearly to us. These digitally created fantasies seem to amplify the ways we think about […]
A Dog Send of a Chapel
This Vermont Chapel is a dog send in the rollicking hills of Vermont’s Green Mountains, stands a poignant tribute to one man’s love for dogs. Stephen Huneck, internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor, built his Dog Chapel several years ago after recovering from a serious illness, to celebrate the spiritual bond people have with […]