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Dog and Pet Portrait Artists

Marty Whaley Adams | Anita Baarns | Barrie Barnett | Joy Kroeger Beckner | Bob Bertram
Ron Burns | Beth Carlson | Robert Christie | Constance Coleman | Lese Corrigan
Meredith Willson Dwyer | Count Bernard de Clavière d'Hust | Roger Henry | Noel Hoffmann
Ian Mason | Delaney Ann McDonough | Vivian Moody | Hazel Morgan | Steve Morrell
Murray Muldofsky | Amanda Norman | Rachelle Oatman | Nancy Pellatt | Louise Peterson
Faith Cameron Semmes | Joseph Sulkowski | David Terry | Robert Zakanitch | Pat Weaver

Horse Artists

Anita Baarns | Beth Carlson | Lese Corrigan | Meredith Willson Dwyer
Beth Evans | Henry Koehler | Booth Malone | Hazel Morgan | Steve Morrell | Murray Muldofsky |
Sandra Oppegard | Nancy Pellatt | Andrea Harman Steiner | Joseph Sulkowski | Larry Wheeler | Valarie Wolf

Men, Women, & Children Portrait Artists

Barrie Barnett | Constance Coleman
Lese Corrigan | Roger Henry | Booth Malone | Vivian Moody |
Hazel Morgan | Steve Morrell | Faith Cameron Semmes | David Terry

Marty Whaley Adams dog painting  pet portrait
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Marty Whaley Adams

Marty Whaley Adams a native of Charleston draws on inspiration from the colors, textures and rich nuances of her native city. Nationally recognized as an artist she paints in oil, watercolor and monotype. Formerly Artist in Residence for Victoria magazine and daughter of the late noted Charleston gardener and author, Emily Whaley, Marty's superb talent adds more to the wonderful legacy of creativity from the Whaley family. Often depicting your pet in a lovely vignette, her pet portraits always create a painting in which the animal has a very powerful presence creating a family treasure to pass on for generations.

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Anita Baarns dog painting  pet portrait
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Anita Baarns

Anita Baarns was born in Fontainbleu, France, but moved to The Netherlands as a child, where her artistic talents first appeared in Nijmegen. She moved to the United States, completing her study of fine art by graduating summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. She created and patented a Process for Creating Artworks by Application of Crayon and Ink in 1992. Ms Baarns currently creates oil paintings and pastels of horses, hounds or dogs, either with or without landscape backgrounds or portraits of their owners. Her work has been featured in many horse and dog publications, as well as in museum exhibitions. In 2006, a selection of her dog paintings was displayed at The Museum of the Dog of the American Kennel Club.

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Barrie Barnett pastel dog painting  pet portrait
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Barrie Barnett

Barrie Barnett, one of the only renowned dog artists working solely in pastels, paints for clients ranging from busy New Yorkers to bustling Londoners.. “Pastels are great for getting that sheen on dog's fur; in part because the individual pastel particles sit on the surface of the paper; reflecting light,” Barnett explains, showing why she believes that quality of pastel to be greater than that of other mediums. Barnett’s paintings exalt the dog to an almost spiritual level, the pastels provide a luminous and sensual depiction. Her unique and refreshing use of a classic medium, as well as her exquisite artistic talent and years of experience, allow her to create breathtakingly memorable portraits of dogs of all breeds, ages, shapes and sizes.

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Joy Kroeger Beckner bronze dachshund sculpture
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Joy Kroeger Beckner

Joy Kroeger Beckner is inspired by sensuous shapes of skin, bone and muscle. She models clay into classical forms, which are then cast into bronze. She is thrilled to make something move in-the-round bringing smiles, giggles or tears to the eyes of those who see and touch her work. She first showed in a national competition in 1996. She has earned awards at the National Academy Museum, the National Sculpture Society and the Society of Animal Artists. Her bronze dachshund sculptures have earned numerous awards, including four Best-in-Shows. Art Show at the Dog Show sponsors purchased one for the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. Joy attended Washington University School of Fine Arts in her hometown of St. Louis, MO.

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Bob Bertram dog painting
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Bob Bertram

Bob Bertram was born in Kirkwood, Missouri in 1960.  In 1981 he received an Associate of Arts degree from Lincoln Land Community College and a BA from Murray State in 1984.   Bob worked at several advertising and promotion agencies before trying to make a living as a freelance artist.  Finally in 2000 he experienced a rebirth artistically with two wonderful mentors, Don Kueker and Robert K Abbett.  Bob’s love for sporting dogs combined with his passion for painting has made him one of the most sought after portraitists today.  His work hangs in some of the finest collections and galleries in the US and abroad as well as has been on the covers and in the pages of many of the most popular sporting magazines.   An avid upland hunter and fly fisherman, Bob spends a lot of time finding inspiration for his art from his own experiences.  He also works closely with a number of conservation groups on the local and national level.   Bob and Linda, his wife, live in Manchester, Missouri with their two children.  Bob shares his studio with two Gordon Setters and a Boykin Spaniel. 

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Ron Burns acrylic dog painting pet portrait
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Ron Burns

When it comes to Ron Burns’ vibrant paintings of dogs he believes that “Their eyes hold nothing back, whether its love or fear, heartbreak, or admiration. Every portrait begins with the eyes---they have to----because from there all the life and personality radiates outwards.” Burns, an Ohio native, moved to Sedona, Arizona with Buff, and their dogs Rufus and Loganberry after having founded a highly successful graphic design firm in Los Angeles. The hectic lifestyle in Los Angeles no longer suited Ron as he was much more attracted to the spiritual setting of Arizona. Ron’s initial series of paintings were of his own “kids”, and then he began visiting local animal shelters to find his subjects. When he sold the images of the dogs in the shelters, he donated proceeds of the sales to the shelter where the dog was residing. This approach later earned him the title of “Artist in Residence” for the Humane Society of the United States. Ron’s clients include Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Rivers, Steve Miller, and Dick Clark Productions.

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Beth Carlson pointer dog painting
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Beth Carlson

Beth Carlson’s Sporting Art paintings and portraits are coveted by many animal lovers across the country.  Her ability to constantly capture an individual animal’s personality and physical characteristics can be directly attributed to her far-reaching knowledge pertaining to animals in general. “She possesses a conviction of accuracy and authenticity which are both necessary and appreciated by her collectors,” said Robert Abbett about Carlson’s work.   In the relatively short time that Carlson has been painting, her work has graced the covers of Gray's Sporting Journal, The Chronicle of the Horse and many other national dog and horse publications. There have been featured articles about her in these magazines as well, most recently being Sporting Classics Jan/Feb 09 issue.  Two of her paintings are now in permanent possession of The National Bird Dog Museum Hall of Fame in Grand Junction, Tennessee. Two other paintings will be in permanent possession of the American Kennel Club Museum at a future date.   She is also an Associate member of the nationally recognized organizations: Women Artists of the West and Oil Painters of America. Although a New Jersey native, Beth lives on a farm on the coast of Maine with her husband, her dogs and her horses. 

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Robert Christie german shorthair painting
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Robert Christie

Robert Christie has become one of the best known dog and sporting artists in the south. Intending on studying veterinary medicine his passion for art proved stronger. He studied fine art at Ohio Wesleyan and later at the Pratt Institute in New York. The focus of his early work was painting portraits and this gradually expanded to include equestrian portraits. A publisher in New York impressed by his considerable talent asked him to do a series of hunting dog paintings for his print market. That’s when Bob got “bitten” by the dog, and he has been painting them ever since. Along with painting, he has spent over twenty years training, field training, hunt testing and showing his German shorthairs.

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Constance Coleman pet portrait
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Constance Coleman

Constance Coleman studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and at San Francisco’s California School of Fine Arts. Constance found her niche as an animal portraitist when her friends asked her to paint portraits of their pets after they saw the animal posters she had done for the Cincinnati Zoo. Constance has done paintings for Lilly Pulitzer, Tina Flaherty, a generous supporter of the Animal Medical Center and Bronx Zoo, Annette and Oscar de La Renta, and Oprah Winfrey, among others.

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Lese Corrigan oil pet petroit
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Lese Corrigan

Lese Corrigan born and bred in Charleston is primarily an oil painter, her portraits are representational but she trusts her instincts as an expressionistic realist. Her oil paintings are full of colorfully painted surfaces imbued with light and texture. Highly painterly Corrigan's canvases convey the color changes that occur throughout the day. Corrigan has paintings in collections throughout the United States, in France, Great Britain and Japan including a painting commissioned by the Coca Cola Corporation and presented to Former First Lady Barbara Bush. She was the poster artist for the Charleston Cup Steeplechase 2003 and her work was featured in the fall issue of the international Orient Express Magazine.

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Meredith Wilson Dwyer sheepdog painting
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Meredith Willson Dwyer

Meredith Dwyer’s style and technique are reminiscent of the old masters. Dwyer works in many mediums: pastels, oils, pencil, and pen and ink, but prefers to work in oil. She paints miniatures as well as larger paintings. The paintings are superb in detail even the miniatures which can be as small as a dime. Her thirst for perfection coupled with her ability to create in photographic detail the likeness of an animal. In that intimate moment of viewing a Dwyer canvas one can almost feel the energy of the animal as they come alive through the blending of lines, textures, and color. Meredith’s paintings adorn the walls of homes in England, France, Spain, and Africa and all over the United States.

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Count Bernard de Clavière d'Hust dog painting
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Count Bernard de Clavière d'Hust

Called by the Wall Street Journal "one of the leading animaliers of this century", Count Bernard de Claviere d'Hust became familiar with his subject, the dog, long before he began to paint them. Born in Lyons, France in 1934, the Count raised and trained dogs while enjoying many a hunt with them. Influenced greatly by Velasquez, Poussin, Rembrandt, Oudry and Thomas Stubbs as well as the Italian Renaissance painters, the Count describes himself as a painter who "sees the modern from a classical perspective." One of his most famous commissions was by the French government when they commissioned him to paint Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II's favorite royal steed, Burmese, to be presented to her as a gift from the French government. This now hangs in her majesty's private collection. In 1993, Count de Claviere was commissioned to paint a series entitled "Working Dogs of the World" for Westervelt Press. Count de Clavière's fame as the preeminent artist of animals will continue to spread as he turns his brush to creating the stunning Working Dogs of the World series which will be reproduced and made available in absolutely limited edition serigraphs.

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Roger Henry pet portrait
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Roger Henry

Roger Henry obtained his diploma in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He began his career by painting portraits in San Francisco. His series of pet portraits, which started with his own dog, Aubrie, has now grown to include the pets of some of Hollywood’s elite.  In addition, Roger has painted pet portraits for the elegant Parisians, Marquis de Brantes and Mme Despointes, as well as movers and shakers in the Los Angeles film scene such as Gus Van Sant (director of Good Will Hunting) and Page Powell, who worked closely with Andy Warhol curating shows for Jean-Michael Basquiat.

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Noel Hoffmann acrylic glaze pet portrait
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Noel Hoffmann

Noel Hoffmann’s paintings reflect the world around her.  A long time resident of Vermont, she paints dogs in the fields and woods that are native to her home.
“I walk in the woods every day with my dogs.  Even in winter I put on my snow shoes and off we go.   Every tree, every wild grass, every animal track is familiar to me.  They are like old friends that change with the seasons.”
Noel grew up in Washington, D.C.  She studied art at the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore Maryland.  She has worked in the fields of theater design, book illustration, interior design and she holds two black belts in the martial arts.  “I’ve always been drawn to things that take years and years to master.”  She moved to Vermont in 1982 where she met her husband.  She’s been there ever since.
“I spent years drawing before I ever picked up a paint brush.  Now, I am lucky enough to paint the two things I am most passionate about, the world of dogs and the fields and woods of Vermont.  It is a rare and beautiful part of the world, from a tiny seed pod to a glorious field of wildflowers, the addition of dogs running through this landscape is perfect.  It is breath taking.  This is what I love.  This is what I paint.”
Noel works in pastel, acrylic glaze (thin transparent layers) and graphite.

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Ian Mason pet portrait, Basset Hound dog painting
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Ian Mason


Ian Mason was born in Brighton, East Sussex in the United Kingdom in 1972. His formal education was with the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, BA (HONORS). He received a Degree in Fine Art (sculpture) – 1995 at the University of Brighton and later a PG Diploma in Interior Design – 2000. His interest lies in the structure and process of turning a subject into an image and the importance of the materials with which he works. Every mark he makes, although at first appearing loose and uncontrolled is actually very carefully laid down. His technique of thin washes and bold lines on the pristine canvas does not allow for error. Understandably Ian admires the work of the great Minimalists, Carl Andre, Donald Judd and the likes of Bruce Nauman especially in their use of process & truth to materials. When the viewer takes time to look closely one is rewarded with a depth of sensitivity rarely seen in contemporary art. Ian Mason currently lives & works in Cornwall, UK.

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Delaney Ann McDonough Boston Terrier pet portrait Boston Terrier
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Delaney Ann McDonough


Delaney Ann McDonough was born in New York City and received her formal artistic training at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan where she majored in illustration. Under the renowned illustrators and artists Marvin Mattleson, Jack Endewelt, and Daniel Adel she developed her talent focusing her interest into classical realism and portraiture. Her composition possesses the influences of Sargent, Ingres, Wyeth and Liepke. Exhibitions of her work have been displayed at the Art Directors Club and Society of Illustrators in New York. Further experience includes an apprenticeship with Daniel Adel, a portrait and editorial artist. Her passion is the challenge of capturing the unique personality of each of her subjects.

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Vivian Moody pet portrait Springer Spaniel
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Vivian Moody

In Vivian Moody’s animal work, she was originally inspired by English sporting paintings. She loves to do a bit of “interior decorating” with pets in their own homes. Vivian shows a pet’s character whether through the subtlety of a turned head, a tucked paw, or loving, soulful eyes as well as captures the dog’s expression, anatomy, and coat texture which gives them an enduring realism. She has exhibited at the Museum of the Dog in St. Louis, Missouri. Included in her numerous awards are selection as finalist in Georgia’s South Cobb Alliance Show; Artists Magazine Competition; Arts Alive, Florence, Alabama; The Atlanta Portrait Society; and Art Show at the Dog Show in Wichita, Kansas.

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Hazel Morgan pet portrait Labradors Cairn Terrier
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Hazel Morgan

Although her studio is at home in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England classically trained portrait & equestrian artist Hazel Morgan travels the world with her commissions. With a client list that includes several Royal households across Europe and the Middle East, Hazel is firmly established as one of today’s leading portrait and equestrian artists. She also excels in posthumous oil portraits from photographs. For Hazel, every painting is personal. Working from the inside out, she captures the unique soul of every subject. Hazel’s detailed portraits express both the physicality and personality that make each dog, horse and human delightfully distinct. The intimacy she brings to her work conjures loving memories and creates legacies, a most gratifying part of her craft.

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Steve Morrell pet portrait
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Steve Morrell

Steve Morrell’s career began in the mid eighties when he was twelve recreating album covers on denim jackets. Since then, he has dabbled in many forms of visual expression, from computer graphics and illustration, to art direction for TV and print advertising, but portrait painting is where his heart is. At Long Island University he studied graphic design and has since honed his painting techniques at the School of Visual Arts and the legendary Art Students League of New York. He has incorporated the techniques of the masters into his own style, which is notable for its expressive brushwork. He paints exclusively with oils, and his paintings have a rich, painterly look perfected by the masters, yet they convey a distinctly contemporary feel.

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Murray Muldofsky pet portrait
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Murray Muldofsky

Working in the tradition of the masters, Mr. Muldofsky demonstrates a keen and highly nuanced understanding of light and its effects. His astute insight into his subjects also provides his paintings with a richly-layered emotional subtext. While these subjects have ranged widely, his works returns again and again to the world of horse racing. His ability to capture haunting behind-the-scenes racing moments, the subtle characters of the horses themselves, and the personalities of the well-known racing figures he has portrayed, have led to his reputation for exceptional contributions in Equine art. Muldofsky has recently added dog paintings to his repertoire. He studied painting, drawing, and graphic design at the Art Students League of New York. Working as a full time painter, he has won numerous awards.

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Amanda Norman pet portrait
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Amanda Norman

Nashville native Amanda Norman is an award-winning visual artist whose work balances the unique blend between contemporary and classic. Having graduated with honors from Brown University with a degree in Visual Art, Norman has also completed coursework at Parsons/The New School for Design in New York City and RISD’s Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in France. Putting a fresh twist on traditional, Norman’s pet portraits grace private collections throughout the country, including country music stars. Amanda is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Weston Award for Excellence in Visual Art (2004).

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Rachelle Oatman pet portrait
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Rachelle Oatman

Educated at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Rachelle Oatman is an accomplished artist of over fifteen years. Rachelle combines her love for art, fashion, and animals in contemporary fashion, haute couture, or historical costume, creating a sentimental, yet whimsical and even humorous work of art. Rachelle resides between Milan, Italy, and New York City, and travels extensively worldwide throughout the year. Her clients include Jean-Paul Gaultier, Issey Miake, Princess Caroline of Monaco, and Valentino.

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Nancy Pellatt dog painting  pet portrait
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Nancy Pellatt

Nancy Pellatt’s refreshingly pragmatic renditions of animals have gained her national publicity on the cover of several prominent equestrian magazines and a place in numerous museums and galleries across the nation. Ms. Pellatt studied with two founding members of the American Academy of Equine Art. A Carolina resident and a member of one of the country’s oldest women’s art clubs, Pellatt’s artwork offers a classically styled keepsake of your pet.

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Louise Peterson Great Dane bronze sculpture
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Louise Peterson

Louise is fortunate to be living her dream in the rural mountains of Colorado. Her time is spent hiking with her Great Danes, sculpting in her studio and operating the business of her art which often involves traveling to interesting places. She attributes this idyllic life to a combination of luck, talent and determination. Louise is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society, the Society of Animal Artists, the National Sculptors' Guild, Allied Artists of America, Miniature Painters, Gravers and Sculptors and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

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Faith Cameron Semmes Springer Spaniel painting  pet portrait
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Faith Cameron Semmes

Faith Cameron Semmes paintings are beautifully executed; she comments, "I approach animal portraiture the same way I paint people. It is essential for me to capture a true likeness hence my realistic style." Semmes resides with three dogs and two cats in a barn loft on Johns Island. Her clients include collectors from across the country to famous fashion designers in Milan Italy.

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Joseph Sulkowsky English Setters oil painting  pet portrait
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Joseph Sulkowski

Joseph Sulkowski honed his artistic talents first at America's oldest art school, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He then continued his studies into the principles and techniques of the old Masters at the venerable Art Students League of New York where he finished in 1979. As an artist steeped in tradition, Sulkowski, like the Renaissance artists before him, is passionately involved in the medium of his craft. He regards the meticulous preparation of his paints, oils and varnishes as a major asset which allows him to more fully express his creative intentions in paint on canvas. Sulkowski's paintings may best be described as a Fusion of masterful l6th and 17th century Italian and Flemish techniques with a brilliant contemporary flair for expressive brushwork and luminous color that energizes his work. He is a life member of the Art Students League of New York, the American Artists Professional League, the National Society of Mural Painters and the National Arts Club, New York.

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David Terry dog painting  pet portrait
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David Terry

David Terry’s intricate ink drawings and paintings range from evocative landscapes and portraits to intricate, multi-image montages. A Tennessee native, Terry has been described as possessing a “world view – a coherent thematic approach buried in the Southern gothic sensibility of narrative, memory, and moral complexities” and is widely known for his numerous gallery shows, book cover illustrations, advertising pieces and many privately commissioned works. All of his work is drawn or painted solely in pen & ink on paper, with tinting done in watercolor, pastel pencils, and gold inks. Terry’s academic training is in Literature, with degrees from The University of the South, Middlebury, and Duke, with additional studies at UVA and Oxford. He lives in Durham, North Carolina and (just for the record) has terriers, none of whom are remarkably well-behaved.

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Pat Weaver dog painting  pet portrait
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Pat Weaver

Pat Weaver is an accomplished watercolorist whose work consistently receives high praise whether teaching painting workshops or for her work as a pet portraitist. Pat teaches internationally traveling throughout the United States, Italy, France, Mexico, the Bahamas, St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands teaching workshops. She has a direct, spontaneous approach to painting with watercolor. Pat's art education is basically through independent study supplemented by art workshops with Claude Croney, Daniel Green, Ted Goerschener, Marilyn Simandle, Robert Bateman, John Seerey-Lester, Edgar Whitney, and Betty Lou Schlem.

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Robert Zakanitch dog painting  pet portrait
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Robert Zakanitch

Robert Zakanitch, an important contemporary artist, first reached great critical acclaim in the 1970’s in New York City as one of the founders of the pattern and decorative movement. His paintings are in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, and have been in numerous exhibitions at galleries and in museums around the world including in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. As with his famous paintings of pattern and decoration, his dog paintings show that art can lift the human spirit. In his own words his dog paintings are “about nurturing, caring, sentimentality, romance, kindness, etiquette (that’s right, etiquette), sweetness, respect, beauty and the sense of well being.”

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Horse Artists


Anita Baarns horse painting
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Anita Baarns

Anita Baarns was born in Fontainbleu, France, but moved to The Netherlands as a child, where her artistic talents first appeared in Nijmegen. She moved to the United States, completing her study of fine art by graduating summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. She created and patented a Process for Creating Artworks by Application of Crayon and Ink in 1992. Ms Baarns currently creates oil paintings and pastels of horses, hounds or dogs, either with or without landscape backgrounds or portraits of their owners. Her work has been featured in many horse and dog publications, as well as in museum exhibitions. In 2006, a selection of her dog paintings was displayed at The Museum of the Dog of the American Kennel Club.

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Beth Carlson horse painting
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Beth Carlson

A champion of the oil painting genre, it is no surprise that Beth Carlson’s Sporting Art paintings are coveted by many animal lovers across the country. Her ability to constantly capture an individual animal’s personality and physical characteristics can be directly attributed to her far-reaching knowledge pertaining to animals in general. “She possesses a conviction of accuracy and authenticity which are both necessary and appreciated by her collectors,” said Robert Abbett about Carlson’s work. In the relatively short time that Carlson has been painting, her work has graced the covers of: Gray’s Sporting Journal, The Field Trial Magazine, The Pointing Dog Journal and The Chronicle of the Horse. Two of her paintings are now in permanent possession of The Bird Dog Museum Hall of Fame in Grand Junction, Tennessee. She is also an Associate member of the nationally recognized organization Women Artists of the West. Beth lives on a farm on the coast of Maine with her husband, Peter, her dogs and her horses.

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Lese Corrigan horse painting
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Lese Corrigan

Lese Corrigan born and bred in Charleston is primarily an oil painter, her portraits are representational but she trusts her instincts as an expressionistic realist. Her oil paintings are full of colorfully painted surfaces imbued with light and texture. Highly painterly Corrigan's canvases convey the color changes that occur throughout the day. Corrigan has paintings in collections throughout the United States, in France, Great Britain and Japan including a painting commissioned by the Coca Cola Corporation and presented to Former First Lady Barbara Bush.

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Meredith Willson Dwyer horse painting
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Meredith Willson Dwyer

Meredith Dwyer’s style and technique are reminiscent of the old masters. Dwyer works in many mediums: pastels, oils, pencil, and pen and ink, but prefers to work in oil. She paints miniatures as well as larger paintings. The paintings are superb in detail even the miniatures which can be as small as a dime. Her thirst for perfection coupled with her ability to create in photographic detail the likeness of an animal. In that intimate moment of viewing a Dwyer canvas one can almost feel the energy of the animal as they come alive through the blending of lines, textures, and color. Meredith’s paintings adorn the walls of homes in England, France, Spain, and Africa and all over the United States.

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Beth Evans horse painting
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Beth Parcell Evans

Beth Evans’ favorite subject has always been the horse, particularly in sports such as racing and fox hunting. Canine and wildlife subjects are a close second. Beth luckily lives what she paints at her homes in central New Jersey, Maine and the Outer Banks. She follows her local fox hunt twice a week and can be found often at Monmouth Park, Belmont or Saratoga, or following steeple chasing. She has owned Thoroughbred horses and has been an avid rider for 38 years. An award winning artist, Beth’s work has been in many exhibitions, including several one-woman shows. Her art affiliations include The Society of Animal Artists, The American Academy of Equine Art, The Salmagundi Club, Oil Painters of America, the Allied Artists of America to name a few.

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Henry Koehler horse painting
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Henry Koehler

Henry Koehler enables racing and hunting to come alive under his brush.  He also offers us behind-the-scenes looks at jockeys, horses, dogs and the special accoutrements of each sport.  Among his collectors are prominent people from the political, social and sports arena. He has painted several commission portraits of well-known thoroughbreds but prefers genre pieces depicting horse-racing, polo games, and hunting in the field with horses.  He also does studies of jockey figures before and after their race. Graduating from Yale University, Koehler is a well-known illustrator and enthusiast in the world of equine art.

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Booth Malone horse painting
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Booth Malone

Award winning equestrian artist, Booth Malone is widely known for his bravura brushwork and stunning equine masterpieces. Self-taught, Booth studied the techniques of portraitist John Singer Sargent and equestrian artist Sir Alfred Munnings. He was captivated by Remington’s use of light and Russell’s narrative compositions. Booth is a member of the American Academy of Equine Art, where he serves as a painting instructor. He has been the official artist for numerous steeplechase meets, and for the 2006 Breeders Cup. His work regularly appears on the covers of equestrian magazines and catalogs.

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Hazel Morgan horse painting
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Hazel Morgan

Although her studio is at home in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, classically trained portrait & equestrian artist Hazel Morgan travels the world with her commissions. With a client list that includes several Royal households across Europe and the Middle East, Hazel is firmly established as one of today’s leading portrait and equestrian artists. For Hazel, every painting is personal. Working from the inside out, she captures the unique soul of every subject. Hazel’s detailed portraits express both the physicality and personality that make each dog, horse and human delightfully distinct. The intimacy she brings to her work conjures loving memories and creates legacies, a most gratifying part of her craft.

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Stephen Morrell horse painting
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Steve Morrell

Steve Morrell’s career began in the mid eighties when he was twelve recreating album covers on denim jackets. Since then, he has dabbled in many forms of visual expression, from computer graphics and illustration, to art direction for TV and print advertising, but portrait painting is where his heart is. At Long Island University he studied graphic design and has since honed his painting techniques at the School of Visual Arts and the legendary Art Students League in New York. He has incorporated the techniques of the masters into his own style, which is notable for its expressive brushwork. He paints exclusively with oils, and his paintings have a rich, painterly look perfected by the masters, yet they convey a distinctly contemporary feel.

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Murray Muldofsky horse painting
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Murray Muldofsky

Working in the tradition of the masters, Mr. Muldofsky demonstrates a keen and highly nuanced understanding of light and its effects. His astute insight into his subjects also provides his paintings with a richly-layered emotional subtext. While these subjects have ranged widely, his works returns again and again to the world of horse racing. His ability to capture haunting behind-the-scenes racing moments, the subtle characters of the horses themselves, and the personalities of the well-known racing figures he has portrayed, have led to his reputation for exceptional contributions in Equine art. Muldofsky has recently added dog paintings to his repertoire. He studied painting, drawing, and graphic design at the Art Students League of New York. Working as a full time painter, he has won numerous awards.

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Sandra Oppegard horse painting
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Sandra Oppegard

Equestrian artist, Sandra Oppegard is renowned for her inspiring watercolors and incredible use of colors. Married to a thoroughbred trainer and having visited numerous tracks around the country, she is passionate about equine art and captures her racing scenes with authenticity combined with great affection for the colorful work of trainers, grooms, and exercise riders. As a result, her work has become a favorite with people working in the horse business. Oppegard graduated from the Pasadena Art Center College of Design where she majored in illustration. She has participated in numerous art shows and her paintings have been featured on many magazine covers. She makes her home in Kentucky.

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Nancy Pellatt horse painting
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Nancy Pellatt

Nancy Pellatt’s refreshingly pragmatic renditions of animals have gained her national publicity on the cover of several prominent equestrian magazines and a place in numerous museums and galleries across the nation. Ms. Pellatt studied with two founding members of the American Academy of Equine Art. A Carolina resident and a member of one of the country’s oldest women’s art clubs, Pellatt’s artwork offers a classically styled keepsake of your pet.

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Andrea Harman Steiner horse painting
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Andrea Harman Steiner

Andrea Harman Steiner draws on her experience as a former horse owner to represent the equine from in art. Working in oils, her traditional style primarily focuses on subjects depicting the sports of racing, foxhunting, polo, steeplechasing, and equitation.  A Full Member of the American Academy of Equine Art, she is also a member of the Society of Animal Artists, and Oil Painters of America.  Her work has been featured on the cover and in editorials of numerous magazines, including The Chronicle of the Horse, Polo Players' Edition, Equine Images, Wildlife Art News, and Art Horse Magazine, among others. Collectors throughout the United States, Canada, and Italy include numerous racing stables and polo players, as well as pieces commissioned by the Ontario Jockey Club of Canada, and Menlo Polo Club.  Her work has been exhibited at the Wildlife Experience Museum in Colorado; the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; Churchill Downs Museum, the International Museum of the Horse in Kentucky, and the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Florida; as well as in many juried and gallery shows throughout the country. While her first love is the horse, she also enjoys depicting cats, dogs, and wildlife art.

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Joseph Sulkowski horse painting
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Joseph Sulkowski

Joseph Sulkowski honed his artistic talents first at America's oldest art school, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He then continued his studies into the principles and techniques of the old Masters at the venerable Art Students League of New York where he finished in 1979. As an artist steeped in tradition, Sulkowski, like the Renaissance artists before him, is passionately involved in the medium of his craft. He regards the meticulous preparation of his paints, oils and varnishes as a major asset which allows him to more fully express his creative intentions in paint on canvas. Sulkowski's paintings may best be described as a Fusion of masterful l6th and 17th century Italian and Flemish techniques with a brilliant contemporary flair for expressive brushwork and luminous color that energizes his work. He is a life member of the Art Students League of New York, the American Artists Professional League, the National Society of Mural Painters and the National Arts Club, New York.

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Larry Wheeler horse painting
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Larry Wheeler

Since 1979, a major focus of Larry Wheeler’s work has been the integration of the human figure into the natural landscape, most often with horses as the link unifying the image. Atmosphere, design, and relationships between people and their horses are some of the important elements in his paintings, captured in scenes from Palm Beach polo to Irish hunts; from Maryland timber races to racing at Saratoga. Having drawn and painted from childhood, Larry Wheeler began his formal art studies with portrait painter Jack Brock, in Atlanta in 1961. Wheeler received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1966. His commissioned works continue to be in demand.

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Valarie Wolf horse painting
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Valarie Wolf

Valarie Wolf has made a lifetime commitment to represent the horse beautifully and accurately by incorporating a palette and style reminiscent of the Old Masters, by using subdued, elegant colors of yesteryear, and by slowly building up transparent glazes, achieving luminous paintings. Her paintings are known for being exquisitely detailed, even while being viewed close up. Valerie has won many awards and her work has been displayed at the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Hubbard Museum, and the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum. Valerie holds a B.A. degree in art.

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Men, Women & Children Portrait Artists


Barrie Barnett portrait
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Barrie Barnett

Barrie Barnett paints for clients ranging from busy New Yorkers to bustling Londoners. “Pastels are great because the individual pastel particles sit on the surface of the paper; reflecting light,” Barnett explains, showing why she believes that the quality of pastels to be greater than that of other mediums. Her unique and refreshing use of a classic medium, as well as her exquisite artistic talent and years of experience, allow her to create breathtakingly memorable portraits.

 

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Constance Coleman portrait
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Constance Coleman

Constance Coleman studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and at San Francisco’s California School of Fine Arts. “Constance Coleman has turned the staid aspect of portraiture inside out with her Lifestyles method of painting.” Monterey County Herald (1998). Over the past fifty years Constance has done portraits for hundreds of people mostly with their dogs and horses. Her clients include many Fortune 500 families.

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Lese Corrigan portrait
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Lese Corrigan

Lese Corrigan born and bred in Charleston is primarily an oil painter, her portraits are representational but she trusts her instincts as an expressionistic realist. Her oil paintings are full of colorfully painted surfaces imbued with light and texture. Highly painterly Corrigan's canvases convey the color changes that occur throughout the day. Corrigan has paintings in collections throughout the United States, in France, Great Britain and Japan including a painting commissioned by the Coca Cola Corporation and presented to Former First Lady Barbara Bush.

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Roger Henry portrait
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Roger Henry

Roger Henry is a Los Angeles based artist with an international clientele; including families of movers and shakers in the LA movie industry, the Marquis de Brantes and Mme Despointes in Paris as well as recent commissions with clients in Australia.

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Booth Malone portrait
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Booth Malone

Award winning equestrian artist, Booth Malone is widely known for his bravura brushwork and stunning equine masterpieces. Self-taught, Booth studied the techniques of portraitist John Singer Sargent and equestrian artist Sir Alfred Munnings. He was captivated by Remington’s use of light and Russell’s narrative compositions. Booth is a member of the American Academy of Equine Art, where he serves as a painting instructor. He has been the official artist for numerous steeplechase meets, and for the 2006 Breeders Cup. His work regularly appears on the covers of equestrian magazines and catalogs.

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Vivian Moody portrait
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Vivian Moody

Vivian Moody is known for her canine and equine portraits as well as those capturing the human face. She loves to do a bit of “interior decorating” with humans and pets in their own homes to make them more special. Vivian finds that unique “something”, capturing the expression, anatomy, and texture which gives them an enduring realism. When not doing commission work, Vivian varies her subject matter with landscapes and still lifes because she likes to continually paint what excites her. She has exhibited in a wide range of shows in the Southeast as well as the annual show at the Dog Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. Included in her numerous awards are selection as finalist in Georgia’s South Cobb Alliance Show; Artists Magazine Competition; Arts Alive, Florence, Alabama; The Atlanta Portrait Society; and Art Show at the Dog Show in Wichita, Kansas.

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Stephen Morrell portrait
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Steve Morrell

Steve Morrell's career began in the mid eighties when he was twelve recreating album covers on denim jackets. Since then, he has dabbled in many forms of visual expression, from computer graphics and illustration, to art direction for TV and print advertising, but portrait painting is where his heart is. At Long Island University he studied graphic design and has since honed his painting techniques at the School of Visual Arts and the legendary Art Students League in New York. He has incorporated the techniques of the masters into his own style, which is notable for its expressive brushwork. He paints exclusively with oils, and his paintings have a rich, painterly look perfected by the masters, yet they convey a distinctly contemporary feel.

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Hazel Morgan portrait
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Hazel Morgan

Although her studio is at home in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England classically trained portrait & equestrian artist Hazel Morgan travels the world with her commissions. With a client list that includes several Royal households across Europe and the Middle East, Hazel is firmly established as one of today’s leading portrait and equestrian artists. She also excels in posthumous oil portraits from photographs. For Hazel, every painting is personal. Working from the inside out, she captures the unique soul of every subject. Hazel’s detailed portraits express both the physicality and personality that make each dog, horse and human delightfully distinct. The intimacy she brings to her work conjures loving memories and creates legacies, a most gratifying part of her craft.

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Faith Cameron Semmes portrait
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Faith Cameron Semmes

Faith Cameron Semmes comments, "It is essential for me to capture a true likeness hence my realistic style.  I believe that generations from now a person should be able to look at a portrait and have some idea as to the century in which it was painted. Traditionally, portraits have not only been likenesses of people but historical records of times past. A person's style of dress, the way they are posed and significant objects in the painting give us at least a glimpse of time and place, the subject's personality and the reality of their lives.”

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David Terry portrait
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David Terry

David Terry’s intricate ink drawings and paintings range from evocative landscapes and portraits to intricate, multi-image montages. A Tennessee native, Terry has been described as possessing a “world view – a coherent thematic approach buried in the Southern gothic sensibility of narrative, memory, and moral complexities” and is widely known for his numerous gallery shows, book cover illustrations, advertising pieces and many privately commissioned works. All of his work is drawn or painted solely in pen & ink on paper, with tinting done in watercolor, pastel pencils, and gold inks. Terry’s academic training is in Literature, with degrees from The University of the South, Middlebury, and Duke, with additional studies at UVA and Oxford. He lives in Durham, North Carolina and (just for the record) has terriers, none of whom are remarkably well-behaved.

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