My Movie-Loving Animals

Who Doesn’t Love a Good Movie?

As the Sundance Film Festival comes to an end I’m thinking about animals and movies. Exploring human emotional responses to movies using the faces and body language of animals is a lot of fun. In this commissioned piece, a collector’s two dogs are enjoying a funny flick:

Here’s a terrified threesome — I personally love scary-but-not-too-scary movies:

And here’s a sweet combination of three of my favorite things: sports cars, movies and transparent bunny ears:

Speaking of scary movies, here are the twins from The Shining, part of a series of paintings based on the western Zodiac. (The original is available at Marine Arts Gallery.) I’m a dog person, but to hear my cat-owning friends talk, all cats are Geminis regardless of their birth month.

Dogs, Snow and a Heartwarming Story About Teens

I’m especially intrigued by one movie at Sundance this year: Folktales, a documentary about a Norwegian folk school where teens take a gap year during high school to learning dog sledding and solo survival skills in the Arctic wilderness.

The story sounds fascinating, and the dogs are supposed to be incredible. I can’t wait—now it just needs to get a distribution or streaming deal so we can all watch it!

I’m now listed in Beautiful Bizarre’s Artist Directory!

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is an Australia-based contemporary art magazine showcasing the work of artists, artisan designers and photographers from around the world. The magazine is carefully curated and beautifully published. I think the listing they created for me is really lovely — click below to check it out.