My Muse
Cisco is my muse and inspiration, and I just can’t resist his expressive playful gestures.
He gives me so much joy that I want to share it in my art…as it is the spirit and personality of an animal that speaks to me when I paint.

For me, as an artist, this inspires me to focus on dogs in my art. The way in which we pet owners share a strong bond with our pets can be expressed in  many different ways. Motivated by the same pure  love that exists between you and your pet, when I  paint a portrait of your dog, it ignites a passion so strong in me.

As an artist, i am fascinated with more than just the image but instead… that feeling that you get when their love is so deep… this was what i  capture.

As an painter, a dog or cat’s pose becomes sculptural to me – seeing interesting lines, forms and colour. Fascinated by color and movement not only in the pose, but also in a brushstroke of color,  sometimes it about transparencies in color, one layer on top of another; other times it is about texture.

The Canvas Dog Studio was born out of this desire… To look at a painting and capture that loving connection … in a piece of fine art.