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It all started with a “grandfatherly” mutt
named Tucker, the beloved dog of her
girlfriend’s family.
“I did my first pet portrait about a
year ago, my girlfriend’s family dog,”
Klugh said. “I did that portrait for their
Christmas present. It was really fun to do
because it got my artistic, creative brain
firing … I had a lot of fun with it.”
It wasn’t long before fellow pet owners
were reaching out to Klugh in the hopes
that they, too, might have their animals
stitched in unbelievable detail.
“Somebody else asked me to do
another dog, and then another, and then
another, and now I’m doing cats, which I
love,” she said.
And truly, the detail is unbelievable. Klugh
is not simply creating a general portrait of a
breed; instead, she captures the specifics of
each individual animal flawlessly. The odd
brush of brown on one Beagle’s forehead,
the especially long tongue of a certain Irish
Wolfhound, and the white fur that tufts out
of one cat’s extra pointy ears are all captured
accurately on the canvas.
Of course, the one aspect of these
images that must succeed above all
others is the eyes — the place where the
embroideries transcend flatness and
become dimensional. It is here that it
seems Klugh spends the most time.
“Doing the eyes is my favorite part …
bringing life to them.”
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