My friend Win Dell’Ario — award-winning interior designer in Half Moon Bay — recently thanked a client for their business by presenting them with painted portraits of their two dogs. The portraits completed the newly redone mud room with such pizazz! I have been wanting to immortalize by boys for some time and I was so taken by the portraits that I asked Win to share her connection with me.
I immediately contacted Lynn Culp at Colormutts.com and we began the process of selecting just the right photos of Mendelssohn (12 years) and Taylor (7 years) — aka The Boys — my Bichon Frise buds. After just a couple rounds of review we decided upon this image of Mendelssohn
and this one of Taylor.
The portraits arrived in the mail this week. They are 10″ x 10″, oil on canvass. Here’s Mendelssohn
and Taylor.
The portraits will hang in my mud room and give it serious pizazz. I’m thrilled with how Lynn captured my favorite studio buddies. She was a pleasure to work with and I’ll treasure this art for many years to come.
Gorgeous dog buds, Franki!
But please explain to an ignorant Aussie just WHAT a “mud room ” is?
In my house it’s the room I come into from the back yard. I have the laundry facilities there, storage, sink for washing the boys. It’s the room that gets hit with the mud!
Awww! Their personalities come through in the portraits-how fun! What great art for your mud room-I am now a Bichon Frise convert!
Wow, I am so impressed. The boys really are that cute!
I think those are great for any room in the house! How wonderful to see another artist’s take on your boys.