Chronicles the work of pet portraitist Christine Merrill, including 33 essays on Merrill's clients, illustrated with her paintings, but also photographs of the collectors with their dogs.
Whether highly bred or loveable mutts, America has fallen in love with the dog, and who better than Baltimore artist Merrill, America's premier pet portraitist, to chronicle this long-term relationship. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated with color photographs of the pet owner with their "American dog at home."