These two lovely girls were originally rescued from two separate locations. Kami, on left is currently 10 years old. She was found (age 3 years old) with several other animals in a home in Idaho where the original owner had passed away. One of the dogs managed to escape the home and a neighbor realized something was wrong as the dog would not stop barking at him. The animals had managed to survive three days in the house before it was discovered that the owner had passed away. Luckily, the owner had left a lot of water bowls around and bags of dog and cat food open and accessible. Her sister, Kimber, a five year old currently, was rescued at 10 months old from the Napa, California shelter in hopes for a companion dog for Kami. Both dogs are much loved and live with a couple in Santa Rosa. A special wedding anniversary is coming in August and one of their (now current) owners has commissioned this pastel of their two much loved dogs. The original photos where separate in time and place. I needed to create a portrait that would make it appear as though the dogs were standing together. We also wanted to give Kami a more youthful look that she had for most of her life. Being 10, currently she has gone a bit gray around the muzzle. Ah … the magic of art!! The pastel is 10 1/2″ x 16″
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Hello Everybody,
I’m Kami and Kimber’s Mommy. I would like to share my experience working with Lesley on our girls portrait. Let me say that Lesley was a total joy to work with and she did an amazing job of capturing our girls heart and soul. Just look into their eyes and you will see what I’m talking about!
Lesley is passionate about detail. Every stroke must be perfect to her eye, she is amazing. I’m so impressed with her commitment to her work!
When I first saw this portrait, my jaw dropped! They looked so real. Lesley said she wished she would have had her camera ready to capture the look on my face. I guess it was priceless.
This picture is going to be a 44th wedding anniversary gift to my husband.
I can’t thank Lesley enough for her hard work and eye for detail. She made this a dream come true for me! I have wanted to do this for a very long time.
Lesley captured our girls just by looking at pictures of them! Hard to believe but true. She is a kind and caring person and a wonderful, talented artist. Now, my husband and I will be able to look at our much loved girls forever.
If you have been thinking of having your dog or dogs painting done then I highly suggest you contact Lesley for the job. You will not be sorry you did, I promise. She is a fantastic artist and a warm caring person. Each dog is special to her.
Rescue dogs make wonderful pets too! They are so grateful to have someone to love and take care of them.
Please rescue if you can.
Thank you Lesley from the bottom of my heart and soul- you are very special to me. I will forever be happy that I found you to paint our girls. I think it was in the stars!
Katie
Ops. Lesley, can you take my name from off of the top? I didn’t realize it would show.
Please correct anything you think needs it. I spent 4 hours working on what I wanted to say! I could have done part of a painting in that time. Lol……..Katie
Katie, Thank you for the wonderful comment!! I makes my heart swell to read how very happy you are with the art and enjoyed working with me. It means a lot to me and I appreciate the length of time it took you to put all of your thoughts together! I can’t wait to hear how your husband likes the gift! I’m sure he’ll love it as I know that the dogs are very special to both of you.
I have know these two girls since they were rescued and came home to live with Katie & Marc. I always have a hard time telling them apart. Once I saw this beautiful painting I can now see the difference. Lesley has once again captured these two beautiful girls like I have never seen before. Great job.
Thank Karen. One thing I think is so important is that when I do classic breeds, I still look very carefully at the unique features of each dogs face. It is so important that the individual personalities show through in the painting. Lesley