Kyra

Kyra. Oil on panel, 6" x 6". ©2019.

Kyra is my first-ever pet portrait commission, and possibly my first painting of a dog. She is a lab-pit bull mix. I never got to meet her. This portrait is a memorial for an obviously sweet and well-loved girl.

Her people posted a photo of the painting next to a container of her ashes, which affected me quite a bit. I have a similar display on my dining room hutch. Mine includes a 6" x 6" oil portrait my friend Kate (Vita) Vander Wende did of my husband Paul and a pepper shaker filled with his ashes.

I hope the portrait of Kyra brings some comfort.