Pet Portrait Artist

Capture your pet’s personality in a Portrait

Nina Otulakowski is a talented professional pet portrait artist specializing in fine art dog portraits. She focuses on capturing that unique bond that you have with your pet. 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. With the Canvas Dog Studio, Nina gets to encompass two of her greatest passions: art and dogs.

Nina lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake with her canine muse, Cisco (aka the Blue Eyed Dog), and Buzzy the Cat .

Pets’ names:

the Cisco Kid, Buzzy (Buzzers the cat)

Experience:

A professional artist for 20+ years. Master of Arts Degree (studio Arts); Bachelor of Fine Arts

Loves:

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

Favourite City:

A toss up…Prague & Budapest

Dislikes:

Dog fur and sand in my sheets, brussel sprouts

Guilty Pleasures:

Enjoying the weekend reading a book from cover to cover with a bag of SmartCorn (you can bet that those furry 4 legged creatures are nearby just waiting for me to drop them a piece).

Mantra:

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