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Chocolate Labrador Retriever Puppy Portrait
You may have seen this Chocolate Labrador Retriever Portrait on the cover of the Foster & Smith 2006 Holiday Season Catalog. The portrait makes you want to run out and get a Chocolate Labrador Retriever puppy for Christmas ... doesn't it? I think it captures it all. The spirit and warmth of the season ... the love and fun a brand new puppy brings into your home. No wonder the portrait makes such a great cover for a catalog.
Chocolate Labrador Retriever Puppy Portrait Pastel Painting - Foster and Smith Christmas Catalog Cover
Chocolate Labrador Retriever Puppy Portrait Reference Photo
Information about the Chocolate Labrador Retriever Christmas Puppy portrait:
This picture developed from a photo I had taken of a friend's puppy many years ago.  We had set up a corn shock and some duck decoys along with a shotgun and shells to make a little set for him.  Recently I was approached by the Creative Services Director at Foster & Smith (they are the largest pet supply mail order company in the US) with whom I have a business relationship.  I worked with the art department there through several series of sketches and drawings to come up with this idea for their Holiday Edition for 2006.  I believe it is the first time that they have used artwork on a cover as opposed to photography.  It was a challenge coming up with the ideas and trying to follow through and put together what someone else wanted.  Very different from having a photo and being told ... this is the one ... do this picture ... and then just cleaning it up or putting a background behind it.

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