This is my family’s yellow lab, Sophie. She is smart and quite sassy. This piece was done in 2014 for my end of semester art studio my freshman year of college. Little did I know this was the start of what would become The Ivory Slate. After posting this on social media, I began to get several request to do pet portraits for others. And then it went from me sharing my work to my clients also sharing my work with their friends and family. I am so grateful for the ability to connect people and to have a small part in creating something special for them.
“Sophie” was a part of a larger charcoal series of three 22”x30” pieces. It was a series portraying moments and scenes from my childhood home. The second piece was a landscape of my backyard where my family spent a lot of time together. The third piece is an interior scene around the fireplace. I am not much of a fan of winter but I love sitting my the fire, and I enjoy the experiences and conversations that are had around it.