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SUNMARK CHESHIRE TIDE was my first Golden. Chessie was too
smart, an independent spirit, who thought that tennis balls were a ridiculous substitute
for the more admirable pursuit of squirrels and chipmunks, and well, anything that moved
on four legs. Hers was my first dog portrait, and I credit her with the foundation of my
current career as well as the inspiration for the book I’m working on, about the dogs
and their portraits. Chessie passed away in April of ‘96. True to her natural
instincts, she made a bed of leaves in the woods, went to sleep and died. She was eleven.
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In 1989, I bred Chessie to Goldencharm Pistol Pete. She
produced ten beautiful puppies. Out of that litter, I kept WATERMARK CHOPTANK TIDE. The
Orvis Company bought the rights to this painting and ran a limited edition of 350 prints
in their 1998 Christmas catalogue. The edition has sold out. |
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CHOPTANK was too big as conformation goes, but he thought he was a
lapdog. We used to tease Chessie saying, “If you didn’t have enough brains for
ten puppies, you shouldn’t have had ten puppies.” I learned after she died that
if she only had nine brains to go around, she had eleven hearts and Choppy got the extra
one. He became my rock. He was happy, gentle, easy, and like no other dog I’ve known,
he was a hugger. In October '98 I lost Choppy to a big old tumor on his big old heart.
Still he lives on in my
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SUNKOTA PAINTED TIDE, "Paint"
has been the model for four Orvis prints since 1999. We
do our best not to let his fame go to his head !! |
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MY NEW INSPIRATION !!!
Goldiva Annie Get Your Gun, called Oakley,
is livening up the studio with
her spirited self and at four months is beckoning to be painted already !!!
Oakley was bred by Mary Dickinson Wood,
Cumberland, ME. http://www.k9goldens.com/ |
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