Painted Animal Portraits
Dog Studies, Merge, black acrylic on prepared 9″ x 12″ paper, c.2009, Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis
This composition is an example of my interest in positive/negative. How the placement of shapes of objects creates interesting shapes of the background and how these two elements interact.
Dog Studies, Mookie Wilson in snow, black acrylic on prepared boards, 2007, 9″ x 4 ½” , Elizabeth Lisa Petrulis (Private Collection, Marshall, IL)
Mookie Wilson in snow was a typical scene. This quickly brushed portrait is really a precursor to the Dog Studies series. It was the beginning of my use of black and white.
Mookie had a thick coat and was at home in snow. He loved to eat it, even scooping it up as he ran.
See and read more about the Original Series.
Dog Studies, Shadow Legs, black acrylic on prepared canvas, 2013
reworked 2014, 30 ½” x 24″ x ¾”, 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.