Paint By Numbers

Kim Santini is a Michigan artist on a mission. She promises to paint one dog portrait a day throughout 2007. So far, she's amassed nearly 100 paintings (can you believe the year speeds by so quickly?) of dog mugs taken from photographs snapped through the years at "parks, farms, dog events, and family gatherings." Look through these and you develop an admiration for Santini's talents. She captures a uniquely compelling canine countenance in every picture. You can see the paintings and check out Santini's progress by visiting her blog where she also describes her subject and the artistic techniques.
Santini sells the portraits. However, there is something more admirable going on here -- reminding Dog Lady of the "Julie/Julia" project when a writer spent a year concocting all of Julia Child's recipes in her small New York apartment, fetchingly blogging about it, and winning a big book contract. Santini's painting project shines with creativity and a winsome spirit of enterprise.

Posted by Dog Lady at March 18, 2007 04:43 PM