Artist Susan Calvert celebrates color and the canine set in her abstract watercolor paintings. Although her severe allergies prevent a lot of outdoor activity, she brings the beauty of nature’s palate indoors where she can always enjoy it. Although summer is the time for outdoor fun, when you are limited by severe asthma, you have […]
Animal in Art. A Thousand Hounds
Raymond Merritt, a lawyer by trade, is both an expert on photography and a fan of dogs. So when he was asked to write and co-edit, with Miles Barth, a collection of photography that focused on dogs, it seemed a natural way to combine his passions. A Thousand Hounds (Taschen) is the result. “It’s not […]
Picture Perfect Pets – Amanda Jones Photography
In 1996, after years of commercial photography left her bored and uninspired, San Francisco-based Amanda Jones began photographing animals. The first dog she ever really got to know was “Ruby”, her best friend’s yellow Labrador Retriever. The young pup made a remarkable model and the images came out so beautfully people began asking […]
Petography: Jim Dratfield
Photographer Jim Dratfield is interested in relationships; relationships between pets and people that is. “I’ll tell you about the most amazing moment I had,” Jim says. “Laura Dern knew about my work and she had a dog that was very ill. The dog was not going to survive for more than a few days, and […]