I come from a family of artists.

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My grandmother drew animal portraits in pastels, including my own cat. My father was an abstract painter which shaped the way I learned to see. My mother, a fashion artist, taught me to color match before I could read. I didn't choose painting so much as grow into it, the way you grow into a language spoken around you from birth.

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These are not traditional photorealistic pet portraits. Each painting is crafted with visible brushwork, texture, and color that interprets as well as reproduces. As I paint, I am searching for a living presence: the spirit and personality that made your companion unmistakably their own.

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When I paint your companion, I'm trying to get at the moment that stays with us; a particular stillness, an alertness, the way they held the light. That's what I want the painting to hold.

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Each portrait is an intimate collaboration, made for homes where the bond is meant to last.