One of the foremost photographers of the 20th century and who will no doubt pave the way for photographers in the 21st century, Elliott Erwitt has photographed the world for over 50 years and continues to find humor and irony in the everyday life experiences of dogs and the people they own. Born in Paris […]
Francisco Schklowsky: Bohemian Photographer of the animal kingdom
I first met Francisco Schklowsky at a book party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Schklowsky was at first very quiet and unassuming. He looked like a cross between a musketeer and a raggamuffin. A bit like Salvador Dali I thought, but with akind, gentle twinkle in his eye. He greatly appreciated the glass of white wine I […]
The Mystery Behind Paige Powell: Finding Her Sherlock
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 […]