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As soon as this lady from Pasadena, an artist, comes in for work, troubles from her unpredictable clients bark at her. Once can readily expect that no matter how well bred most of these subjects turn out to be, they won’t pose as politely and patiently as mother, for whistler, did. The subject, very eager to be off and about his affairs, would only allow this female portraitist a few minutes to study and make an assessment his aristocratic built then, abruptly, with a short, loud bark or perhaps a poised scratch at an imagined tick, he signals that the sitting is done for that day.

Dogs being her portrait subjects call for the use of an instant camera where she captures these canines and does her preliminary sketches at the comfort of the sunny second floor studio of the 67 year old house she, along with her beloved husband, live in. She does both cat and dog portraits and she notices that some dogs pose better than some. She has noticed that dogs who happen to be highly trained show breeds and seem to be downright vain about their appearance are the better posers.

Purebreds are what most of her canine clients comprise of. Compared to mongrels or mixed breeds, these thoroughbreds are easier to paint as their shades of coats and the structure of their skeleton are very recognizable. Her most favored subjects would be dogs with short hair and fine body structure, the purebred hounds. Capturing the great expressions of these dogs also make her enjoy them more.

More than anything, she is also the local observatory’s technical illustrator and a landscape artist using watercolor as preferred medium. Her best works are housed in a popular gallery. She learned to become a magazine illustrator after studying at an art school in New York. On the suggestion of one of her professors, she began to try her paints on man’s best friend.

As a true animal lover, she would go around New York and using first hand information, she would carefully study and sketch the most wonderful breeds. Her first commission was to create a portrait of a dog owned by a New York based dowager. This dog painting which was felice signed stood next to Rembrandt and Frans Hals originals found in the lady dowager’s gallery, after it was mounted gracefully on a very elaborate frame. Eventually, she was able to launch a sketch book with her description and studies of every breed listed by the American kennel club and it was well received.

Any serious artist would fall in love with the studio found on the second floor and this was what she did when her family moved into California back in the year 1913, in a Pasadena craftsman’s home. She is the best person to consult with when it comes to immortalizing the beautiful pet dogs of loving pet owners. Using pastels, she creates portraits of her pooch clients and oil or charcoal are only her second options. Christmas is the favorite time of clients to come in, making her have more work than usual.

An average portraitist of human beings spill flattery for their subjects once in a while and she reveals she does this to her subjects too. Purebred hounds known as salukis whose bloodlines reach as far back to the time of ancient Persia and Egypt are being taken care of by her and her husband who was an electrical engineer back then.

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