In 2007, along with six friends,
we founded an Australian Cattle
Dog rescue, Carolina ACD Rescue &
Rebound (Carolina ACD R&R). I
personally had rescued cattle dogs
since the 1990's. My love and de‐
votion to this breed naturally led
my art muse to put those beautiful
red and blue faces in acrylics on
canvas. Cattle dogs are a difficult
breed to show realistically in art
because their charcoal and red hair
interspersed with white are a chal‐
lenge to paint to produce that over‐
all blue and red look of the dogs.
The mottled and speckled coat
variations of the breed add a whole
new challenge to capture the wide
coat patterns seen in these special
dogs. But the love of this breed
pushed me to bring the beautiful faces
and expressive, intelligent eyes to can‐
vas through my brush strokes. I had
many canine subjects to choose from
among the many rescues coming
through in our non‐profit group. One
was Curry, a gorgeous 3‐year‐old res‐
cued boy with a face that haunted me
until I could get him on canvas. His
bright red coat and heavily mottled
body pattern was a contrast to his
bright golden‐red face. When people
see his portrait, his eyes are so expres‐
sive and alive they are tempted to turn
to see what has captured his intense
gaze. Soon commission requests led
to my adding blue cattle dogs to my
art portfolio and now I'm almost ex‐
clusively working on Australian Cattle
Dogs. I love the look of this breed in
portrait, each one a presents a chal‐
lenge to capture the
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