Dog Paintings

According to Wikepedia The History of the Papillon is actually traced through works of art! The earliest toy spaniels resembling the Papillon are found in Italy. Tiziano Vicelli (Titian) painted these small dogs in many famous paintings including the Venus of Urbino (1542). Other well known artists who included them in paintings are Watteau, Gonzalez Coques, Fragonard and Mignard. In a painting after Largillierre in the Wallace Collection in London, a Papillon is clearly shown in a family portrait of Louis XIV. Papillons are also in paintings of royal families around Europe and paintings of merchant class families. The breed was popular in England, France, and Belgium which are considered counties of origin by the FCI.

This is the first time this original colour pencil painting on drafting film of a delightful little Papillon has been offered for sale and is your chance to own a little bit of Papillon art history!

“Papillon”

Original Artist Colour Pencil painting

by

Michelle Wrighton

9″ x 12″ on drafting film

"Papillon" colour pencil painting by Michelle Wrighton

Please note that the copyright watermark is applied to this digital image only and does not appear on the original.

Well they say good things come to those who wait, and every cloud has a silver lining and both of these are probably true at the moment.  LOL I seem to have trying to find time to get my studio re-arranged and organized for a couple of years and its finally nearly done, thanks (I guess?) at least in part to the flood damage and total house upheaval we had earlier this year!

So while being ill and not being able to do much of anything else at the moment, I have gone through my personal collection in my art folders and have decided to part with some of my art pieces that have not previously been offered for sale – I would rather have them being enjoyed by someone else and helping out a dog in need rather than remaining in my folio!

This profile portrait of a soulful looking tan & white Basset Hound was completed on black Windsor and Newton Acid Free paper using artist quality colour pencils.  Created 2005, first time offered for sale.  Paper size: 11″x14″ Image size: 8″x8″ approx. $75.00 (includes postage).

Basset Hound profile, artist color pencil on Black Artist Paper. Paper size: 11"x14" Image size: 8"x8" approx