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Meg, This is a portrait of my good friend Doris’s dog. I took a photograph of Meg and wanted to convey the love that her whole family had for the Pug. The challenge for me was to make a painting that would capture their love for the dog. I had quite a bit of trouble deciding the colours to use. I decided to match the colours I had used in a painting that I had done of Marilyn Monroe. I think it turned out rather nicely -Tom

Hello there, I was born in Glasgow Scotland and came to Vancouver BC, Canada in 1948. I have been drawing and painting all of my life. My artwork has meandered through most mediums and styles throughout my life. I started using oil paints when I was about twelve and am still using them now at sixty nine. I have not limited myself to oils, but rather have tried most mediums that I have come across. This gives me lots of freedom in rendering the particular piece of art that I have in mind. For example I fell in love with the airbrush (old school air + pigment) for rendering mechanical subjects. Later I used it for painting nudes with watercolour paint and more recently large canvases in a pop art style. As far as subject material, I like to...