DogBoston

Joel Brown from the Boston Globe and I chatted before the holidays.  A nice guy who, along with his wife, recently had commissioned a painting of their dog.  He noticed how many options were available, and how many of them weren’t cheesy or painted on velvet - in fact they had an incredible degree of quality.  You could find almost any style to match your individual tastes in reproduction whether it be modern, classical, photorealistic, or surreal.

See the pet portrait by Kathy Weller at left.  Her website is Weller Wishes.   Picture your dog done up like that!  

Anyway, Joel wrote an article about dog photos today, and I was mentioned/quoted twice!   Very cool!

My quotes:

With young couples postponing having children - especially in the current economic environment - their pets get even more of their attention and disposable income than ever. “People are devoting more attention, spending more money, getting them better gifts,” said Brian Henderson, editor of DogBoston webzine (www.care.dogboston.com).

Of course, nearly every pet owner now has gigabytes of hard-drive space devoted to digital snapshots of their beloved collie or cockatoo, just like every parent has a zillion baby pictures. “I think having [a painting] done really slows down the capture process and lets you stick something on the wall that you can actually remember, instead of breezing through a couple of digital camera photos,” Henderson said.

Link to Boston Globe article