BOSCO!

I was contacted in early November 2015 to be a part of an art project for Oakland Animal Services called "Home is where the heART is". The idea was to have art made of hard-to-adopt animals and then whoever adopted them would receive the art too. Here is a link to the rest of the art http://oashomeiswheretheheartis.tumblr.com/ 
This was a magical experience from the beginning. First, I was contacted out of the blue. I usually don't like to do free work much anymore, because I have bills to pay! But this was a very worthy project and I love animals. Then the morning I arrived to choose my animal, I saw Bosco and immediately knew he would be a great subject. One of the attributes I believe scares people about pit bulls is that many of them have huge heads. And Bosco was one of them!! But he also had sweet eyes and I knew I wanted to help him find a home. So here he is!

Bosco!

14.5" x 13"

3d cement sculpture on Wediboard

Glass and mirror mosaic

Taiwanese Mountain Dog Mosaic

This was a commission by a friend who owns two of these types of dogs. This piece is 11" wide x 22" tall. Since these are black dogs, the challenge was to make it an interesting piece of art! So, besides concentrating on the andamento, I used dark blue mirrored glass. Black "reflects" blue in certain lights so I felt that was appropriate. (And I love that dark blue mirror!)I am showing three photos of it here because, as usual, photographing glass and mirror isn't easy!