Who is tillie the dog artist and what is it known for?”
Tillamook Cheddar (b. Greenwich, Connecticut, January 17, 1999; also called Tillie for short) is a Jack Russell terrier dog from the United States. She is the world’s most widely shown and successful living animal painter, having since 1999 had 16 solo exhibitions of her work, throughout the United States as well as in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Bermuda. Her paintings have sold for up to US $2,150. Learn more about how Tillie creates her art at the link below.
Tillamook Cheddar is a Jack Russell Terrier from Brooklyn, New York. Widely regarded as the world’s preeminent canine artist, she has already had twenty solo exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe. Tillie is ten years old. In July 2005 the artist gave birth to six healthy puppies. One of her sons, Doc Chinook Strongheart Cheddar, continues to live with her. Thus far, Doc has not followed his mother in her artistic forays. Her first official biography, Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist by F. Bowman Hastie III, is published by Sasquatch Books (2006). The artist’s primary process is a dynamic color transfer technique. In preparation for each of Tillie’s works, her assistants assemble a touch-sensitive recording device by affixing pigment-coated vellum to a sheet of lithograph paper backed by mat board. The artist takes the prepared “canvas” in her mouth and brings it to her workspace. Working on the outside surface, she applies pressure with teeth and claws in a methodic ritual marked by
