This gorgeous girl was my first Akita (and she was from Mangere, like me). She was true to the Akita type: dignified, strong minded and Ichiban (Number 1). She gave us four beautiful [...]
I got this dog as a 5 week old puppy, when I was just 18 myself. He was definately a true love and I ended up having him for 16 1/2 years. He was 13 years old in this picture.
Having [...]
I was intrigued when I first saw this dog. Not only was he huge (even for a Neo.), but he was mahogany brown. Most unusual.
This piece was commissioned only months before Ragazzo [...]
This was one of my early drawings using this technique, and I admit I’m going to have to make another, to do my lovely dog some justice.
Of the six Akita’s in our house, [...]
As a fund-raiser for the Dog Obedience Club, at which I teach, I donated a first prize of a portrait on a 6″ tile. I never imagined it would be this beautiful chocolate brown, Standard [...]
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