Party Animal

I heard about this great fundraiser opportunity for artists through a fellow dog photographer, Jill Beninato, and jumped in. This is for A Place to Bark, and animal rescue organization in Tennessee. We were to make a handmade art piece, 8X8", using whatever technique we choose, with the only requirement being that it have some handmade elements. The theme, Party Animal.

So I thought this would be cool to use an image of my party animal as my inspiration. In fact, I used three images, photos I shot of him 'dancing'. The project turned out to be quite challenging for me, and I had a couple foiled attempts. I decided to put the digitally manipulated image in the middle, and then paint on the outside. This is on gesso board. 

I hope I caught the spirit of the theme, and how much my boy fits in with it. Because truly, for him, life IS a party. Every day. 

These art pieces will be available to bid on sometime in the fall. Jill is working on a zine right now that will have all the images in it, plus info on A Place to Bark, and how you can get involved locally to help animals. All proceeds are for the charity. You can also check out her work, and updates on her blog here.