Welcome to my 'Dog Blog'


Last July (2008), I decided to paint a series of dog paintings in the spirit of the 19th century European dog painters. These painters portrayed the everday life of the dogs of their time, wih academc prowess, creating masterworks no less worthy than any other painting genre. In studying these paintings, I realized that even with the surge in representational painting today, animal painting as a genre, largely follows a Modernist aesthetic, and is rarely seen in fine art or academic art circles. I want to bridge the divide, both as an academic painter and as a dog lover and present dogs, not as one-dimensional stereotypes, but as living breathing spirits. In each painting, it is the domesticated individual, along with their wild heritage that I hope to capture and memorialize, and in doing so, bring the same dignity to them that they bring to our lives everyday. Our culture has a tendency to anthropomorphize our dogs; maybe this is the reverse in action, our dogs' nature teaching us something about ourselves.

This series of work was shown at Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica, CA at Bergamot Station, April 25th-June 6th 2009. http://www.loraschlesinger.com/

Commissions are welcome. Contact the gallery or email me at km@kimberlymerrill.com


Thursday, May 14, 2009

'Unleashed' Podcast by Lori and Brian Apthorp

This is a video of my show of dog paintings. See images of all the
paintings and meet some of the fabulous models!
http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xybvvZbBDcc
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Turn-a-bout is fair play! Dog painting...?

http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkiYWzOraA
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

http://artscenecal.com/ArtclesFile/Archive/Articles2009/Articles0409/KMerrillA.html

This is a link to a preview article on my show by Suvan Geer in ArtScene Magazine
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'Unleashed' Opens


The opening was a great success and a lot of fun, thanks to all who stopped by! It meant so much to have the support and encouragement from you all.
As you can see, there were no shortage of critics...


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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

"Napoleon" is a miniature Pomeranian. He was surprisingly cooperative and calm, which I think comes across in his image. There are several of these small (approx. 5" tall) paintings in the show.
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This is Lucy, a great old girl! This image was inspired by a historical painting of a man in uniform, with a similar expression, position in the painting and background color.
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