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“I found myself going there a couple times a week to hang out with the cats. When Buffy died at 19 years old, Barbara began visiting Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary, then located on 56 th Street in East Sacramento. And I could not have pets after I got married because one of our daughters was asthmatic.” Then one day a stray neighborhood tabby cat came into her life. “The results produced when blending the different colors are amazing.”ĭow’s love for companion animals, especially cats, came later in life. “I often pick scenes, objects, shapes that I can play with on the canvas,” Dow says. Two of her impressionistic oil paintings of fallen amber, rust and crimson leaves have appeared on the cover of Inside Publications.
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One of her photo-realistic paintings of an old-fashion ice cream soda with a strawberry nestled into the whipping cream hangs at Burr’s Fountain on Folsom Boulevard in East Sacramento. Dow’s painting, titled “Anticipation,” of three ballerinas waiting to perform sold in just three weeks.ĭow’s style varies from interpretive with an impressionistic flair to what she calls “photo real.” Her subjects have included flowers, vegetables, Aspen trees, European fishing villages and a California mission, among others. At the time, Helen Jones of the Helen Jones Gallery (then located at Town & Country Village) hung student artwork in her shop window. But her biggest inspiration came when one of her large oil paintings sold at a local gallery. Why not use violet on the tree trunks? This is what makes it exciting.”ĭow was inspired to continue her art when friends began to purchase her work. “I love to exaggerate with lots of different colors. “Gary taught me so much about color,” Dow emphasizes. Her artwork began to evolve under the guidance of instructor Gary Pruner, an accomplished artist recognized for his dramatic use of color, and bold and provocative subject matter.