Paintings With Soul

FROM TOP: "Zak V," 8" x 10", $249 SOLD ; "Zak IV," 6" x 12", $219; "Zak III," 6" x 8", $149 SOLD ; "Zak II," 6" square, $149 SOLD ; "Zak I," 4" x 8", $149 SOLD . Borzoi dog portraits in acrylic on canvasboard, available for purchase. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . Sometimes my job is so hard. Like when I have SO many gorgeous photos, and I have to paint just one piece from them. It's nearly impossible. And when I sat down last night with all of Zak's photos, I couldn't choose. Then my husband innocently asked why just one. And it suddenly became very simple. I didn't have to choose - I'd ask my clients to! I grabbed 5 canvasboards and got to work. It became a Zak-Fest. Zak at play, Zak at rest, Zak in the snow, Zak in the sunshine, a younger, sillier Zak, and an older Zak, silver with knowledge. There's high contrast paintings that are all about the ab...

ARTIST'S NOTE Sept 25th, 2007: This painting has been framed in a beautiful gilt molding with a carved wreath of olive leaves. The painting was juried into Flint Street Gallery's Spring Exhibition. It also was juried into the 2007 Southwestern Michigan Portrait Exhibition, where my body of work (including 2 other dog-a-day entries) earned third place. The painting, including framing, is priced at $199. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . SOLD. I have always been fascinated by borzois. When I first saw them in Art Deco artwork, their sinuous lines were the perfect compliment to the slender ladies that accompanied them – silly me, I thought they were the product of the artists’ imagination (there’s a sliver of my childhood for you – roughly, if it wasn’t a hunting dog, than it was a mutt!). There’s a borzoi that I see periodically around our town. I usually stop whatever I might be doing, and watch him float by. This breed captivates me entirely. “Borzoi Study,” 8x8,...