Astropup

Pictures from my artist in residence program, St. Joseph’s School 2012

800 pet portraits, 2 weeks, 4 art teachers, 1 Astropup (me):

Artist in Residence brings Astropup to St. Joseph School, May 2012

Animal portrait artist Brandis Sarich recently spent two weeks at St. Joseph School as artist in residence. Students had the opportunity to work with Ms. Sarich to create portraits of their pets or adopted pets from April 16 through April 27. “We started with pencil sketches and added bold lines with graphite crayon to bring [...]

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“Guest artist guides students to completing pet projects” The Blade April 25, 2012

Pets are the order of the day in art classes at St. Joseph School in Sylvania, where artist in residence Brandis Sarich has the students painting portraits of their favorite animals. Ms. Sarich is a professional pet artist from Hawaii doing a two-week stint at St. Joseph. It’s the first time she has taught art [...]

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“Acclaimed portrait artist come to St. Joseph Sylvania” The Blade April 5, 2012

The Art Department at St. Joseph School is very excited to offer to students the opportunity to learn and work with acclaimed animal portrait artist, Brandis Sarich. Ms. Sarich will be working with students in classes K – 8 the weeks of April 16 and 23. Ms. Sarich possesses the unique ability to recognize an [...]

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Artist in Residence Coming to St. Joseph School

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A visit to the Portland Mounted Police Unit Barn

What can I say? I am in love with all nine big draft cross horses who serve the City of Portland. Could this be my next series of paintings? Oh yes! Asher, Monte, Beau, Yeager, Punch, Ian, Olin, Zeus, and Punch are sweet, gentle geldings who wear the badge. The facilities are a model for [...]

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Anthropomorphizing Animals in my art

Today I endeavored to render a ground squirrel with a tough, yet cute expression. I painted the little guy to elicit the desire to cuddle him, but with a clue that approaching him could open a can of whoop ass. The squirrel leans against his antelope buddy with his arms crossed daring the viewer to [...]

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FETCH For the Love of Pets Dec 8, 2011 “It’s Not Just a Painting: Astropup Animal Portraits”

FETCH For the Love of Pets It’s Not Just a Painting: Astropup Animal Portraits GUEST BLOGGER NANCY GLICK Dec 8, 2011 – 03:57 PM For some, it’s music that transcends them. For me, it’s riding my horse. For others (and for many in this dog-loving town), it’s spending time on the trail with their [...]

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Idaho Mountain Express October 12, 2011 “Bellevue opens up for art”

South valley rich with character, creativity By JENNIFER LIEBRUM Express Staff Writer Brandis Sarich will donate to the local animal shelter 10 percent of all sales and commissions she makes during the weekend walkabout. Image courtesy of Green Antelope Gallery Fall is a time when antelope are really out to play, so it’s only fitting [...]

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Times News: “Sun Valley Artist interprets Bo Obama for fundraiser”

Sunday, April 10, 2011 Ariel Hansen Brandis Sarich watched the events unfolding in northern Japan last month with horror and sympathy. For her, they hit close to home, because the tsunami threatened her house in Hawaii, where she spends part of the year when not at her home near [...]

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