Nina Otulakowski is a talented professional pet portrait artist  specializing in fine art dog portraits. She captures each pet’s unique personality and spirit in  fine art. Nina’s large scale paintings, quick sketches and pen & pencil drawings  round out her creative repertoire.

Nina’s work is featured in local as well as national  publications. Her work can be found in private collections in Canada and the United States.

A professional artist for 20+ years with 3 fine arts degrees under her belt (Master of Arts Degree in studio Arts; Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree; Diploma in Decorative Painting) Nina gets play at the Canvas Dog Studio with her greatest passions: art and dogs.

She lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada with her canine muse, Cisco (aka the Blue Eyed Dog featured here in mural painting ).

Pets that rule:

the Cisco Kid, an active 12 year old Australian Shepherd and Buzzy the cat.

Loves:

Summer, canoeing, dogs, dog sports, photography, theatre, books, hiking, Toronto

Favourite City:

A toss up…Prague & Budapest

Dislikes:

Furry sand in my sheets, brussel sprouts

Guilty Pleasures:

Enjoying the weekend in bed … reading a pet mystery book from cover to cover with a bag of SmartCorn (you can bet that those furry 4 legged creatures are nearby just waiting for some).

Mantra:

Hugs, wet sloppy kisses and daily walks… what more is there to life!