Artist:Lorena Pugh
Title:Beach Buddies
Image size: 20" x 12.5"
About the Art: These two beautiful girls are lucky enough to live on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Lily and Addie were great models and I have plans to paint them again at some point. When I first saw photos of these dogs I could hardly tell them apart, but after finally meeting them in person, and with the help of dozens of photos, I was able to see the differences and bring that out in the painting. The giclee print was an adventure into a different way to reproduce my images. I really enjoyed the process of tweaking the colors so that it most closely replicates the original. Since it's on canvas it has the appearance of being an original.
About the Artist: It started out fairly well. I received my BFA (with Honors) from Pratt Institute (NY). I also studied at other reputable schools, such as the Art Students League (NY), The School of Visual Arts (NY) and the Brian Shaw School of Art (in London). Not being a shallow person, I spent the next few years in NY striving to make art with great meaning. We can call that period “the lean years”. Next I moved to Newport, RI. There was fresh air! There were cows! I just wanted to paint cows and so I did. It was fun. It was profitable! People like cows!! Soon I had cow posters, cow calendars, cow T-shirts. I moooved (sorry) on to other animals and created a poster series, which was under my name at that time- Steinhauser, published by Arnold Art. Wild Apple Graphics became my second poster publisher. After painting cows, pigs, ducks and bunnies I decided to paint something I love. I love Lucy - my dog. That painting of Lucy was “discovered” by a wonderful catalog company called “In The Company of Dogs”. They urged me to paint more charismatic canines. I have found that dogs afford an endless supply of character studies and a lovely outlet for my peculiar sense of humor.
About the Art: These two beautiful girls are lucky enough to live on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Lily and Addie were great models and I have plans to paint them again at some point. When I first saw photos of these dogs I could hardly tell them apart, but after finally meeting them in person, and with the help of dozens of photos, I was able to see the differences and bring that out in the painting.

The giclee print was an adventure into a different way to reproduce my images. I really enjoyed the process of tweaking the colors so that it most closely replicates the original. Since it's on canvas it has the appearance of being an original.