Painted Animal Portraits
Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis 
Dog Studies, Round up, black acrylic on prepared canvas, 2013-14,
30″ x 24″ x ¾”, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis (Private Collection, Terre Haute, IN)
Herding and body blocking were typical strategies of Mookie, seen here rounding up Sadie and Dino.
Dog Studies, On the road, black acrylic on prepared canvas, 2013
24″ x 30″ x ¾”, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis
Dog Studies, Strife, black acrylic on 12″ x 9″ paper, 2013, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis (Private Collection, Springport, IN)
Strife was often the end game of a play session between these two cats. Several people have used the term “Yin and Yang” to discuss these paintings. Topper and Lucy certainly had opposite (though not always complimentary) temperaments.
See and read more about the Original Series.
See and read more about the Cat Series.
Dog Studies, Sadie licking Doug (from above), black acrylic
on prepared 12″ x 9″ paper, c.2009, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis