Green, she felt, captured the personality of her jealous dog. An artist before her had painted animals using nontraditional colors too. Inspired by the passing away of his beloved canine, a cajun artist created a portrait of a blue dog with red eyes. Detailed custom pet portrait resources can be found there.

In her paintings, the blue dog is pretty noticeable. People may find the blue dog paintings amusing, but there is actually a haunting seriousness in how the artist views his work. Many of the paintings are very funny on the surface, but the basis is actually a spiritual one, suggesting, for example, that there is no death but that love and memories perpetuate life, according to the artist’s biography on the official blue dog Web site. The questions that we have been asking ourselves for a long time are the same questions she asks us now.

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