Sam, a bloodhound, sheepdog cross, who lives in Maryland with his owner, Mary Stadelbacher. Sam may look like a regular dog, but hand him a brush and he’ll paint what he invisions. His abstract paintings are very popular in the New York art scene and recently, they sold for $1,700 a piece.
According to The Sun, Stadelbacher runs the Shore Service Dogs in Maryland, an organization that helps disabled people. She rescued Sam four years ago and wanted to train him to become a service dog. However, after a right-hand operation, Stadelbacher could no longer train him correctly, and Sam was being to gain weight.
She began to look for an alternative activity, and taught Sam how to hold a paint brush and paint on a canvas.
She said,
“Sam is a regular renaissance dog and his abstract paintings are all the rage with the hip New York galleries. He loves his painting and would happily carry on for hours if I left him to it. He loves to work in a variety of colours and layers his paintings with darker shades first and then moves on to lighter ones later.”
One of his abstract paintings were sold to another dog owner, as a gift for her dog’s birthday.
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