On painting dogs and cats

I’ve painted both dogs and cats in the past year (see Gallery for one example, “At home.”)  This week’s  New Yorker cover by Mark Ulriksen resonates: the water, relaxed pose, sleeping eyes, and shiny, wet nose. For more on this and other NYer covers see: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2018-07-09