How an artist built a career creating pet oil paintings

Channel: CBS News

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:01] Every pet owner thinks their dog or cat

[0:03] is the most photogenic. Amanda Hamre is

[0:06] no different.

[0:08] >> This is Satie. She is a new rescue. I

[0:11] adopted her about almost a year ago. And

[0:13] this is Ted. He is the best companion.

[0:16] >> But no photo can capture Satie and Ted

[0:19] quite like this. These oil paintings

[0:22] almost seem alive. Satie and Ted's eyes,

[0:25] their fur seem to jump off the canvas.

[0:28] >> They're just stunning. They're

[0:29] immortalized in such a beautiful way and

[0:32] the brush strokes just capture them

[0:34] perfectly. All their fur and I just I

[0:36] love looking at them.

[0:37] >> They're the work of Hannah Stall, an

[0:40] artist who specializes in animal oil

[0:42] paintings. What do you love about

[0:44] painting dogs?

[0:44] >> They're our beloveds. They when I see

[0:47] another animal, if even if it's not

[0:50] mine, I see my own dog.

[0:51] >> Hannah wasn't always a pet portrait

[0:53] master. She painted a friend's dog as a

[0:56] gift. Their reaction convinced her maybe

[0:59] there's a business here.

[1:00] >> There's just a big demand for it and

[1:02] people love their dogs like their

[1:04] children. So, it makes sense to me.

[1:06] >> Hannah paints both cats and dogs and the

[1:09] price can range from a few thousand to

[1:11] over 10,000. Many of Hannah's customers

[1:14] are people whose pets have passed on.

[1:16] They're looking for some way to remember

[1:18] them.

[1:18] >> Having someone captured just like a

[1:20] little little part of their soul, you

[1:22] know, is um it's really meaningful to

[1:25] them. And I think it also provides a lot

[1:28] of comfort um after they've passed.

[1:31] >> Amanda says Hannah's paintings captured

[1:33] her dog's spirit.

[1:35] >> Definitely. Ted is very thoughtful, very

[1:37] sweet, and Sadie's very pensive. She's

[1:40] sort of always on alert and and kind of

[1:42] in her head,

[1:43] >> showing that any pet could be a work of

[1:46] fine art. Michael George, CBS News, New

[1:49] York.