Pretty Bubbles In The Air by Anne Zoutsos

Pretty Bubbles In The Air - 5" x 7" (approx) oil on hardboard/masonite

I find that a great many dog paintings and drawings are not quite to my taste, being somewhat overly cute. I must admit that occasionally I am in a particularly sugary mood and may paint one myself (!), but generally prefer to paint different aspects of dogs. I particularly like to portray the relationship between human and dog but I also sometimes enjoy painting something which is just unusual. The painting above depicts of course a chocolate labrador, but the addition of the bubbles blown into the painting, add visual interest and I can't help wondering what the lab is going to do next...

Once this painting is sold a donation of 10% from the profits of this painting will be made to Malibu Pet Companions. This charity funds medical care for homeless sick and/or injured pets.

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This painting is straight off the easel and will need to dry for several days before it can be shipped


My thanks to Geoff Steams at Flickr for the reference photo of the labrador used in this painting

Another Kiss by Anne Zoutsos

Another Kiss by Anne Zoutsos - 6" x 6" oil on hardboard/masonite

I think that the love between children and their pets is a precious thing. The reason I decided to create this painting was because I feel that if the desperate situation in relation to unwanted dogs is to be altered, education is the only really viable solution. There must be many ways to introduce pet care into the school curriculum which would cost next to nothing to implement. Over the years I've noticed that even 'hardened' children very often relate very well to dogs and I think that a properly structured system of school visits by well behaved dogs together with interesting and thought provoking discussion could and would reduce uncaring dog ownership in the future. Well, my thoughts anyway.

For now we have to try and ease the difficult lives so many dogs and other pets suffer. A 10% donation from this painting when sold will be made to Malibu Pet Companions.

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This painting is straight off the easel and will need to dry for several days before it can be shipped

My thanks to BdwayDiva1 for releasing the reference photograph under Creative Commons

So Happy Together by Anne Zoutsos

So Happy Together by Anne Zoutsos - 6" x 6" oil on hardboard/masonite

Another song title! This time it is 'So Happy Together' by The Turtles - a song I absolutely love and how well it describes this painting.

For a dog-loving child there can be no more appreciated and loved gift than that of a puppy. The joy and love shine out of this painting.

(Of course it goes without saying that the parents must be responsible for the welfare of the puppy and it must be welcomed by all the family)

There will be a 10% donation from this painting to help dogs and other pets not loved as this one is to the Malibu Pet Companions rescue society.

SOLD

This painting is straight off the easel and will need several days to dry before it can be shipped