A portrait of Jennie

You probably have dozens of photos in your cellphone of your dog doing something adorable.

But someday you might want to have an image of your best friend that's good enough to hang over the mantle.

That's when you want to commission a local artist like Kat Corrigan (katcorrigan.com) , Hannah Frick (hannahfrickart.com), Leslie Plesser (shuttersmack.com) or Kristin Williams (kristinwilliams.com) to do a portrait of your pooch.

You can even memorialize your pet as a miniature fur, fiber and wool sculpture done by artist Lucy Francis (lucyfrancisminiatures.com).

Costs run from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, depending on the project. 

Groundhog Day

 In honor of all the groundhogs crawling out to tell us how much winter is left here is my sculpture of Winnie the Groundhog.

A very loved pet this Winnie sculpture is a memorial piece. 

Enjoy this sweet baby.

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Italiano Spinone

 Huck!

Huck comes from a show dog family. He's a specimen in this breed. I feel I captured his character in this piece.  

I hope you enjoy my Huck. 

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Meet the German Shepherd Dog

 I've made many GSD over the year. I must admit they're a favorite breed of mine. I've owned four myself, I find they're the most loyal handsome brilliant breed.

My dogs are not needle felted. When I started making my animals no one was needle felting animals.

These two beauties are memorial pieces from this winter. I hope you enjoy them. 

Visit my website for many past examples of my animals. I have a Sale page as well with a few dogs offered there. 

I hope you enjoy them.

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Dog Health

I started feeding my 12 year old home cooked food over a year ago. The change in his immunity issues are astounding. He no longer has his bi monthly vet visits and has stopped getting skin sores. No more licking and turning his paws pink and no more toenail bed infections. After years of soaks and medications he is completely clear.  His diet does not include poultry but is a simple mix of various proteins and veggies. I include Animal Essential calcium and Ultra Oil.
The most recent supplement I have started giving him a little over a month ago is Trixsyn. Trixsyn helps condition and maintain joints for daily activities by replenishing hyaluronan. Bob was having difficulty getting up stairs due to lack of mobility. Now he seems to have no issues going up and down stairs he once avoided. He will be 13 in a couple months but living better than he has in years.  

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Samoyed

  Miniature Sully was a wedding gift to a lovely young couple. A couple that was determined to get a Samoyed and start the adventure of living with one of these smiling white wonders.  Proving everyone wrong. A Samoyed can live quite happily where the climate is warm.  Behavior and beauty is impeccable.  It was my great honor to make a miniature Sully  both attended the wedding, both behaved beautifully. I want to thank the owners for the great photos of the real Sully with his mini Sully.

Bisi

 The excitement of life never knowing what the next day or the next commission might bring.  New images new people often times new friendships.   I feel so very fortunate that I have this intense love for animals so every new photo that comes to me is far more than an order to recreate a pet. It is a gift to one degree or another to bond with another animal lover. To share their personal pet with all the photos they love and have carefully selected so I can get the piece just right. Now I have to admit I love cats very much and have owned a number of them myself many years ago.  I know enough about them to know just like with any animal the personalities can be incredibly varied.  Not being as familiar with them in my daily life they can be a great challenge for me to make.  My passion to create them is no less but when you live and study an animal your entire life as I have dogs you learn all the little quirks and details. Not the case for me with cats so when this recent selection of photos came my way I must admit I was a bit intimidated because he obviously had a huge personality that was going to have to be incorporated and he needed to be bigger than I usually make. My art is not just the physical piece you see because for me the personality has to be included.  Yes personality can be included as most of my clients/friends attest to when they receive them.  The owner and I worked very hard to get this Bisi cat just right.  Yes owner. I needed her help and was starting to be a bit concerned I would never quite capture him. Hard for customers to know just what needs to be seen in the photos so it can be just right and sometimes hard for me to see what I am not getting just right. However with great love and patience all can be accomplished in most things and certainly in what I do. Proud to say I did get Mini Bisi right and I made a really wonderful new friend. One thing I have learned about cats is, when they have a powerful personality it is impossible to not enjoy looking at them.  Here I am sharing photos my new friend has been kind enough to share with me of the real Bisi and his Miniature.  You will enjoy them I am sure because he is just one of those cats that you cannot look at without a smiling.