Title: “Purebred!”

Artist: Lisa Blidar

Medium: Mixed media collage

Size: 24″ x 18″ x 1″

Price: $375.00

Artist’s Thoughts: I have had the privilege of being a guardian/care giver/foster parent for a host of animals including: dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, pygmy goats, llamas, alpacas, & even a prairie dog! As a mixed media/collage artist, I chose to make a collage piece. Thought process: I took each of the letters of “PUREBRED;” found the breed that started with each of those letters, & represented all of the different categories; (My sources included the book: ‘87 edition of “AKC’s World of the Pure-Bred Dog,” & “Simon & Schuster‘s Guide to Dogs.”) For example, under the vertical column/letter “P,” is a picture that represents dogs that start with that letter in a variety of those groups, etc. Unfortunately, there is not a breed that starts with the letter “U,” so I used that letter to call that category “Unique” that represents the FSS category! I also used photos from our dogs, a basset hound & a PBGV! Then, I embellished each picture with metal microbeads, glitter, & our “cremated” dog ashes.