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This is Zoro, The owner of this dog commissioned this portrait of his favorite hunting dog after he had passed on from this life,
Zoro was very old as far as Black labs go. The owner was a man that I had met by word of mouth. After meeting the man and agreeing to do this portrait, I was very motivated because the owner was also a publisher of several popular hunting magazines that are produced in Des Moines Iowa. At the time I did this painting, I was struggling to find a job in my field as an illustrator/artist.
I was hoping this would lead to the chance to work for the publisher. He gave me several recent issues of the magazine that also had photos of Zoro. The articles told the story of how faithful and well trained the dog was. He also had dedicated the article to the memory of Zoro.
This is the first and very few portraits I have done that I actually added the name of the dog on the original painting. I was not holding back and adding the words was not an easy deci...

Todd Spaur, lives in small rural town of Bussey Iowa. graduated Twin Cedars High School in 1980. Graduated with an AA Degree from Des Moines Area Comm. College in 1983. Has Worked in the sign business as a designer and sign painter for most of his carreer. Became disabled from a car accident in 1994. Has worked as a freelance artis since Mainly doing portraits of people from photographs. Main highlights of carreer were the portrait of President Obama, autographed original. Also was featured on the Today Show "American Story, Payback Painter" with Bob Dotson. This was on July 4th 2012, the story focused on a mural painted on a building in his hometown of Bussey, as a thank you to the town for helping him and his family after a horrible...

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