Tuna,” acrylic on wood panel, by Dawn Pedersen
Your puppy is likely your hiking buddy, camping cohort, probably even your paddle boarding pal. Have you at any time thought of capturing these times on movie? Ashley English, photographer with Coop & You Pictures (coopandyou.photography), specializes in capturing outdoorsy, action-style shots. “Those are the times that are truly unique to capture,” states English, who moved to Sacramento from Southern California this past August with her partner and two puppies, Cooper and Fidus. Coop & You is named after Cooper, who was English’s muse for starting the business enterprise. “I became obsessed with getting photos of her . . . and I imagined, ‘Maybe I’d like to do this.’” English also pictures cats, rabbits, hamsters—any animal is image worthy in her eyes. She also can switch 1 of your pics into minimalist electronic art.
Lovers of Andy Warhol and pop art will want to check out the work of local artist Dawn Pedersen. “I put extra ornamentation in, but I am influenced by pop art and Andy Warhol’s preference of shades,” says Dawn Pedersen (dawnpedersen.com), whose function has been exhibited at Crocker Art Museum and Fe Gallery. She sells prints of her fee paintings, and her collection of Candy-Coloured Pop Artwork Animal Paintings is value perusing for the titles on your own. A couple of standouts: Bubba’s Gonna Need to Try out Your Hen Once again to Make Positive It’s Harmless for You to Take in and Onyx Tells You Your Long run But Often He Lies. “I’m attempting to get into the mind of the animal. ‘If this animal were a human with this search on their deal with, what may possibly they be considering?’” claims Pedersen, who herself has a “pandemic kitten” and two loaded fish tanks. She functions solely from shots and can build using watercolor, acrylic, oil or ink. She also can make calendars, ornaments and button pins.
