“Angel in Blue”

American Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Traditional oil painting by

Michelle Wrighton

16″ x 16″ Gallery wrapped canvas

2008

$750.00 plus shipping

(This painting is entered in a competition and will be available for shipping in early November).

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to

Animal Protection Society

"Angel in Blue" American Staffordshire Terrier dog oil painting by Michelle Wrighton

All of the artwork in the CAG Helping Paws Exhibition is for sale with part proceeds going to rescue groups and shelters selected by the artists around the world.

To view the work of many talented canine artists, please visit the ‘Helping Paws’ Exhibition and while you are there, vote for your favourite painting – the rescue group chosen by the artist who wins the People’s Choice award will receive a cash donation from the Canine Art Guild (as well as the artists’s donation pledge when the art sells).

Hi!  My name is Michelle Wrighton, I am an award winning Western Australian artist specializing in Canine Fine Art.  I have undertaken pet portrait commissions for a number of years, and my online portfolio of commissioned pet portraits and wildlife artwork and photography can be viewed at http://michellewrighton.com.

I am a fairly versatile artist and prefer to work in a number of mediums including graphite, charcoal, artist colour pencils, soft pastels, acrylic and oils.  I love animals, and enjoy portraying their personality and character in my art – but dogs are my favourite subjects to portray, their uniqueness, expressiveness and personality truly make them man (and woman’s) best friend!  I have three dog’s of my own and would have more if I could:)

My commissioned artwork is created in a highly detailed and very realistic (almost photographic) style, and to achieve this level of detail, each piece of my artwork takes from 10 to 60+ hours to complete, depending on the size, medium and detail involved.

The Dog Paintings blog is a project that I have planned for several years to allow me to further my development as an artist by creating a series of smaller format and less time intensive dog paintings to experiment and explore artistic styles other than photo-realism and have a little bit of fun!

Yes, us artists can be a bit weird;)  Many of us take a ‘relaxing break’ from our regular (paid) art by creating more art in our free time just for ‘fun’.  I love dogs of all shapes, sizes, breeds and cross-breeds, so my subject matter will remain the same, I’ll just be working more expressively in the project work rather than in my normal tightly detailed style.

I could simply create these paintings and store them in a box in my studio, but as a piece of my heart and soul go into every piece of art that I create, I would much rather they go to good homes where they will be enjoyed and appreciated!  Therefore I will offer them for sale to dog lovers and art collectors at affordable prices with a percentage of each sale being donated to a dog rescue group to help dogs in need.

I welcome submission of dog photos for reference, however the paintings in this project are not intended to be dog portrait commissions as such.  I personally (as an artist, mother and wife) need this project to be fun, enjoyable, stress and pressure free which means no time deadlines:)

I will set up an email newsletter to advise the next few dogs that I am planning to paint, so if you submit a photo of your dog, this will give you an indication of when your dogs’ painting will be ready to view – there is no obligation for you to purchase the finished painting so please don’t be afraid to send me your favourite photos!

Michelle