Dog days for artist's custom oil-painting business — Orland Park ...
Orland Park resident Tina Georgieff-Adams admits that her business has gone to the dogs–but also to the horses, cats and other animals. SheÂ* began painting pets for a living two years ago after being laid off from her day job. The artist,who earned a bachelors degree in the arts from Columbia College in 1987, recently launched a website for her business. She uses photographs of pets to created custom oil paintings. "You <a href="http://www.salehandbagsbags.com/"><strong>cheap Chanel handbags for sale</strong></a> can really incorporate the animal's personality in a painting," said Georgieff-Adams, 53, who also teaches art classes at a local community college and at a craft store. "The brush strokes, the colors, all add to a piece. She said many pieces she paints are for people who lost their pets. "People love their animals and they want to remember them forever," she said. Georgieff-Adams, who received her bachelors degree in the arts from Columbia College in 1987 gets some of her art jobs from visitors to the website, She also gets referrals from local pet stores and animal hospitals, including the Midwest Animal Hospital in Orland Park. Georgieff-Adams said she made a deal with a doctor at Midwest: For every referral she gets from the hosptal, sheÂ* agreed to give <a href="http://www.salehandbagsbags.com"><strong>cheap dior handbags for sale</strong></a> a portion of her earnings to PAWS, an animal rehabilitation and shelter organization Georgieff-Adams is currently working on a piece for a newlywed couple whose dog brought them together. The painting shows the dog running to a lake with the couple standing in the background. "People have all kinds of memories with their pets," said Georgieff-Adams. "Everyone requests something a little different, something that might only have a strong meaning to them." She also paints many horses, which is one of her favorite animals to put on paper. She came up with the idea to paint pets in 2009 after someone asked her to paint a horse for a young girl who had terminal cancer. "I thought there might be a niche out there to paint animals," she said. "I love <a href="http://rooyee.org/view.php?id=21260"><strong>Here is an overview of some of the GHD IV styler. Enjoy it ...</strong></a> animals and, of course, love to paint." A 12-by-12 inch oil painting costs about 200.00, and a 10-by-10 inch pastel is about 55.00. For more information, visit Georgieff-Adam’s website
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