About the Artist: Dawn Bushong
I have always loved animals, especially cats, dogs, and horses, and
have been drawing and painting them for as long as I can remember. In
fact, one of my earliest memories is of asking my mother to show me
how to draw a horse as well as she did. When given a choice in subject
matter for art classes, I naturally gravitated towards animals. When
I was 15, my drawing of four tiger heads in different media won first
place in a high school art show.
Perhaps my earliest pet portraits were of my beloved childhood pet
Patches. As a calico cat, she made a wonderful subject with her
patchwork of color. I drew portraits of her many times over the
years, from the time I was very small all the way through high school,
until she passed away at the age of 13. I was a freshman in college
and away from home at the time, so I never had the chance to say
goodbye. My final portrait of my Patchy was a memorial, in which I
took a photograph of her sleeping on an old rocking chair and put
myself in the picture, such that I was sitting on the rocker and she
was sleeping peacefully in my lap as I was gently stroking her. To
this day I still miss her dearly.
I have experimented with different subject matter over the years,
and while I enjoy landscape painting, I keep coming back to drawing
and painting the animals that I love so much. It gives me great
pleasure to also be able to give this to other people. I love to hear
how delighted people are upon receiving the portrait of their special
pet.
I would love to work with you, too, to paint a portrait of your
special pet. If you have any questions about pet portraits, please
feel free to contact me.
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