I'm Moira McLaughlin (MORE-a Mc-LOCK-lin). I founded Dog Art Today in 2007 when I started making my own dog art, and I noticed that many of the greats in the history of art chose dogs as their subjects. Some of my favorite contemporary artists do too. Dog Art Today celebrates dog art as fine art. Critics frequently use the word "sentimental" to disparage work they don't like, and often dog art gets lumped into that category and written off as corny. But what I see, and try to show here, is that dogs show up in work that is primal, conceptual, and evocative of the big questions that inspire: questions about love, life, joy, pain, violence, power, and death. Dogs are irresistible as subjects to people who are sensitive and who, by the nature of what they do spend a great deal of time alone, a.k.a. artists.
My vision for Dog Art Today to be a place where artists, dog lovers, and dog-art lovers can connect with each other, promote their work, and find inspiration. I also sometimes post about my life in Nevada County, California and my own projects like my Longhaired Dachshund Calendar. The above photo is me and my muse Darby who passed away at the age of seventeen on December 3, 2011. I miss him every day.
In March of 2012. I adopted a Terrier-mix named Tyler. Read the story of his rescue here (warning:not for the squeamish).
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P.S. Read more about me, Darby, and my passion for dog art at Andrew Pinkham's blog.
