Portraits on Shine

Speak for yourself: Would you hang a portrait of your pet?

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In the age of pet clothes and $330-mechanical litter box monitors, dog spas and canine face lifts, one has to wonder if the "man's best friend" of olden times would even recognize his modern counterpart. Would he feel slighted (or relieved) that he never received such pampering? Has the relationship between man and pup changed? Is this anthropomorphism run amok? This all brings me to another issue that has come up in our indulgent, post-Paris Hilton age: The proliferation of pet portraitists.

Hang up your favorite rock star: The Servane Mary show

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I went over to Chelsea yesterday afternoon to Jose Martos' gallery on 29th street to look at the new exhibition up of Servane Mary's works on paper. She produced a series of watercolours of iconic rock stars singing. The overall effect is amazing and the works individually are very cool. There were two large ones of Blondie and Brian Eno that I would love hung in my apartment, maybe where all the flower pictures are hanging now!

Little wild things custom portraits

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Just found these fantastic rocker-style kid portraits from Little Wild Things. Artist (and father) James Fish mixes photos, objects, and textures to create these fun custom pieces on either wood or paper and in various sizes. To order, click here. And also check out these other nontraditional...