Dog Studies, Shadow Legs, black acrylic on prepared canvas, 2013
reworked 2014, 30 ½” x 24″ x ¾”, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis
Shadow legs
Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis
Round up
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.
On the road
Dog Studies, On the road, black acrylic on prepared canvas, 2013
24″ x 30″ x ¾”, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis
Strife
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.