When traveling to do art shows, I took along my bicycle. After the show, I would cycle around town to take photos that eventually developed into a series called “Summer Chairs on Vacation.”
Havanese, Miami Moon, soon followed. Now my life was complete. I found a dog dance
teacher and Arty Pi Divine and I took lessons. We performed at the VA hospital and a few other places. Arty was a star. He also was a kleptomaniac. He taught himself to open zippers and got into everything, everywhere a zipper could be found. Since dogs had become the
center of my universe, I began doing pet commissions. I especially enjoy connecting with other animal lovers. I fall in love with all the
One of my biggest projects
while in Washington was the creation of a calendar called DC Doings. I did the artwork and did the research to write several pages of things to do in the area (this was before computers). It was designed to have four snip-and-send postcards on the back cover. Plus, I did all the marketing, and even delivered the finished product myself. The calen- dar had sort of a cult following and was in all the bookstores and gift shops in the local area. I still work with stores in
the DC area even though Sarasota is home now. Tanglewood, the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has carried my artwork for many years. That thrills me most because the Berkshire Mountains are where my heart is.
A SUDDEN LOVE FOR DOGS One day, I don’t know what possessed me, but I decided that I couldn’t live without a dog. I had never had one and, in fact, had been scared of them. I went to look at a litter, and came home with a Yorkie Pomeranian. My whole life changed. Arty Pi Divine became the center of everything. It wasn’t long before I decided he needed a playmate. That is when the beauti- ful Bichon, Rosie Wildflower, came on the scene. As if that wasn’t enough, the most wonderful
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animals I paint. These days I don’t remember much of anything, but I do remember the names of most of the pets that come across my drawing board. Many of the
Boutiques and bookstores across the country carry Enid’s world renowned note cards depicting famous local scenes. Enid was once hired to create a poster for US News and World Today and another one for CNN. Now living in Sarasota, Enid is currently
working on a package of note cards of “Cultural Sarasota.” Shown above, her pen and ink with watercolor illustrations of Siesta Key at Noon and the magnificent Ca d’zan, the Sarasota home that John Ringling built for his beloved wife Mable.
animals I’ve drawn for people are going or gone. I couldn’t imag- ine the pain of losing a pet, but the inevitable did happen. I lost Arty Pi Divine, Rosie Wildflower and Miami Moon very close together at 13, 15 and 14. I think of them and miss them every day. Their photos are the things in my studio that mean the most to me. But I have not yet been able to bring myself to paint them.
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