Folk Dog Art by Artist Abby Mcmillen
10 02 10 - 14:24
A graphic designer by day, Abby Mcmillen makes her home in beautiful Bozeman, Montana, where she knows more animals named Abby than people named Abby. She's a self-taught painter whose love of dogs and folk art encouraged her to start pushing paint around on canvases.
Abby's three dogs, Selah (black lab), Frida (golden retriever mutt mix, and named for the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo), and Mae (white lab), are the inspiration for the original folk dogs. when she's not painting, Abby's usually outside -- hiking, cycling, running, fishing, gardening, reading, and enjoying life in the mountains.
Although Mcmillen loves painting dogs, don't worry you cat lovers! Abby says;
"recently, a few people have asked about folk cats. yes, there are folk cats! i haven't really marketed them very much, because the dogs are doing so well. but i know cat people love their cats as much as dog people love their dogs; i'm no dummy. one of these days i'll get around to posting these guys in the gallery, or maybe the folk kitties will have their own gallery. who knows?"
If you would like to see more of this artists work drop by folkdogart and be sure to keep an eye out for those fun, folky, kitties!!!
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