Painter Takes Pet Portraits To A Whole New Level
Posted by: Nina Carbone
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3:45PM, Friday October 9th 2009
Painter Valerie Leonard is the Annie Leibovitz of pet portraits—without the mounting debt and camera, that is. Valerie’s “process” is an insanely involved one: She devotes days to each portrait, studies images of a particular animal, researches traits and characteristics of specific breeds. Then, she researches classic artists for the most fitting painting, using the client’s direction as a guide. And once chosen, she merges the animal image with the human form. In the final product, the animal features and background are often cobbled together from a composite of different images. Wondering what that looks like? Check out the dogs above, and a bunch more of her images, after the jump!
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SCRMOM
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 03:16 pm: [report]
Valerie’s “process” is an insanely involved one: She devotes days to each portrait, studies images of a particular animal, researches traits and characteristics of specific breeds.
That makes sense because when I think Australian shepherd, I think gold dress with plunging neckline.
I think this is just as strange as the sexy clothes for ankle-biter dogs.
Oh Kathryn!
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 05:47 pm: [report]
And I thought putting your pet in a Halloween costume was bad…
bumbler
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 05:49 pm: [report]
I think it’s hilarious. True kitsch.
adamjs
wrote on October 10 2009 @ 01:16 am: [report]
At least it is not as creepy as stuffing and/or mounting your once beloved family pet when it has passed away to have it stare at you for eternity on your mantle piece….