at the AVMA Convention 2023
All proceeds of the ARTvetNOW exhibit will be donated to the The Street Dog Coalition which provides free medical care and related services to pets of people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. For more info: https://www.thestreetdogcoalition.org/
Here is a link to their e-newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/c50b3d4b48b3/april-showers.
We opened a new bidding website where you can put in your bids: www.bit.ly/vetartnow
Hello Tabby
Starting bid $750.00
(estimate $1250-1500)
Dr. Shawn Han is a 2002 graduate of National Taiwan University. She has practiced in a small animal clinic in Hong Kong and now lives in Taiwan.
She paints most often digitally with a tablet, but also enjoys mixing ink and water to express a comic-like effect. Recently she also returns to oil painting.
She created a Facebook fan page to share pet-care knowledge from a vet’s point of view using comics and sketches to make the articles easier for readers to understand .
https://www.facebook.com/ShawnHan.illustration
25 x 20 inches oil on wrapped canvas
Dog walkers in Castro
Starting bid $300.00
(estimate $550-650)
This playful painting captures the artist’s neighborhood at sunset in the Castro District of San Francisco. The iconic Castro Theater was built in 1922 and towers over the LGBTQ community. Dogs are seen walking their human guardians- rain or shine. This piece is a high-quality 1.5” thick, canvas print, 16” by 20”, unframed with black edges that captures the bright colors, thick acrylic paint and motion of the brush and knife. It is ready to be hung in your home or practice.
Ken Gorczyca, DVM
Gatekeeper
Starting bid $250.00
(estimate $450-500)
Zach Tooley is a 2023 graduate of University of Wisconsin Madison’s SVM. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps to serve as an Army Veterinary Officer. He is originally from Hortonville, WI, and calls Northeast Wisconsin home. He is excited to return to creating art, after a long hiatus while pursuing his academic degrees.
9 x 12 Blackliner ink pen on paper
Dora
Starting bid $300.00
(estimate $450-500)
Dora is the artist’s Scottish Highland cow. Her namesake is Dora, the explorer. The day after she was purchased, she knocked down a fence and was discovered a mile away, happily munching on grass.
Matted, frames, 18” by 24”, Water color on paper.
Jeanne Smith, DVM has dabbled in watercolors and pastels as a hobby since her teens. She has owned and operated an all avian and reptile practice for 35 years, making indulging in her art difficult. She looks forward to enjoying it in her retirement. Her subjects of choice are, of course, animals
Look at me & Working from home
Starting bid $250.00 (for each)
(estimate $350-425)
7 x 7 inches ink with watercolor by Dr. Shawn Han, with a frame.
Dr. Shawn Han is a 2002 graduate of National Taiwan University. She has practiced in a small animal clinic in Hong Kong and now lives in Taiwan.
She paints most often digitally with a tablet, but also enjoys mixing ink and water to express a comic-like effect. Recently she also returns to oil painting.
She created a Facebook fan page to share pet-care knowledge from a vet’s point of view using comics and sketches to make the articles easier for readers to understand.
Art website:
Sunday Mornings
Starting bid $325.00
(estimate $450-500)
Ink and watercolor 11 x 15 inches
Dr. Patti Canchola is small animal veterinarian and a native of Colorful Colorado. As a child, she dabbled in all types of drawing and sketching, convinced she was going to make it big with Hallmark During her undergraduate years her focus was calligraphy and pottery. Fast forward 30 year she tried her hand with watercolor art and she has a whole new obsession. She enjoys experimenting with all aspects of watercolor, but has recently focused on ink with wash for illustrations. Who knows….maybe Hallmark (or Barnes & Noble) will call! She hopes that someone out there will enjoy her work as much as she enjoyed creating it!
Save the Rhino
Starting bid $800.00
(estimate $1000-1250)
1/1 giclee reproduction on wrapped canvas, floater frame, approx dimensions 18×18” Original work: mixed media-collage, acrylic paint, pencil, and oil pastel. The print depicts a mother Southern White Rhino and her calf with red-billed oxpecker birds picking off ticks from the pair.
On my recent safari in South Africa, I was happy to see so many rhinos in the private game reserves and the national park. When I visited Kenya in 1987, I only saw 2 rhinos, with one behind a double fenced compound. South Africa had been more successful in anti-poaching tactics than Kenya. Unfortunately, poaching was on the rise in KwaZulu-Natal province due to the pandemic shut-down of the country with many people without jobs and the Asian black market greed for the supposed anti-cancer effects of rhino horn. In the first 5 months of 2022, there were over 200 white rhino killed in that province alone.
Dr. Kathy Jonokuchi is a small animal relief practitioner and instructor for a veterinary assistant program for public high school students in Southern California. She has been creating art since childhood and first learned oil painting as a teen. After selling her practice of 23 years and with her children becoming more independent, she began to seriously pursue oil painting. With her art mentor, she regularly took classes for contemporary impressionist art within the studio and plein air painting on the beautiful California coastline. When the pandemic shut-down began, she changed her focus to non-representational mixed media work with another local mentor and more recently through a New Zealand artist’s self-paced web lessons and bi-monthly live online coaching sessions.
Art website: kathyjonokuchi.com
The Ghost Mare of the Henry Mountains
Starting bid $375.00
(estimate $500-600)
9×9″ watercolor that is matted and framed to 13×13″
Dr. Cynthia Brooks is a small animal veterinarian with 33+ years experience. She is CSU graduate and returned to Colorado in 2016 and has been practicing in the Denver area since.
As a small child she began drawing and painting animals, and, other than two semesters of art at Utah State University, she is mostly self taught.
Although most of her pet portrait requests have been dogs, she is fascinated by the beauty and soul of the horse.
Of all the horses she worked with in her younger years, one horse in particular has left a lasting
mark, ‘The Ghost Mare of the Henry Mountains.’
The Mare of Southern Utah
Starting bid $375.00
(estimate $500-600)
9×9″ watercolor that is matted and framed to 13×13″
Dr. Cynthia Brooks is a small animal veterinarian with 33+ years experience. She is CSU graduate and returned to Colorado in 2016 and has been practicing in the Denver area since.
As a small child she began drawing and painting animals, and, other than two semesters of art at Utah State University, she is mostly self taught.
Although most of her pet portrait requests have been dogs, she is fascinated by the beauty and soul of the horse.
Of all the horses she worked with in her younger years, one horse in particular has left a lasting
mark, ‘The Ghost Mare of the Henry Mountains.’
Hope Remains
Starting bid $350.00
(estimate $500-600)
An acrylic painting on back-stapled traditional wrapped canvas. Subject matter: Stepan, the internet-famous, award-winning Ukrainian domestic housecat. (Ukrainian name: Степан). Painting dimensions 14×18 inches.
From the moment the war broke out, I began following the events and seeking ways to help from afar. While connecting with various animal aid organizations online, I came across the Instagram account, @loveyoustepan and was immediately enamored of this very special cat. Not only does his person have a knack for catching the best action photos of Stepan and his newly adopted sister @stephania_girlcat, they also tell the lived story of existing amidst continued terror, and they regularly raise funds to aid their fellow citizens and the animals affected by the war. It seemed only fitting to combine my love of painting with my continued desire to help the animals in Ukraine; doing so by bringing Stepan’s essence to the canvas whilst supporting The Street Dog Coalition’s efforts to bring veterinary care to those who need it so desperately.
Dr. Lauren Kloer is a 2009 graduate of Colorado State University and began her veterinary career as an associate veterinarian practicing on the east coast. After eight years in general practice, the mountain west called her back. While she thoroughly enjoyed her time as an associate GP, her love of education and access-to-care medicine steered her career to one that primarily involves spay/neuter and access-to-care medicine consulting and relief work as well as teaching these topics to veterinary students and newer graduates via several non-profit organizations. Additionally, she spends professional time helping to bring veterinary services to many of the country’s Indigenous tribes while supporting tribal sovereignty and efforts of Indigenous-led veterinary care. When able, Dr. Lauren offers locum services to general practices and urgent care hospitals.
Dr. Lauren’s love for painting did not emerge until later in her life when she attended a group paint ‘n dine night, painting her parents’ beloved dog as a gift for them. The experience was a novel and fun use of a part of the brain she hadn’t exercised, and she wanted to continue! From there, she sought painting endeavors through instructional classes and experimenting on her own. Animals are her favorite subject matter, followed closely by majestic and mystical landscapes. When not traveling for work or holding brush to canvas, she enjoys domestic and international exploration, is on a quest to visit all 50 states, and loves hiking with her adopted rez dog, cuddling with her two rescue cats and spending time with her niece.
Ben
Starting bid $500.00
(estimate $1000-1100)
By Ann L. Johnson DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Professor Emerita College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois
Description
Prisma color pencils; Image is 14 x 17 inches and with frame 22 x 25 inches
After retiring from the University, I had time to focus on my drawing skills. I attended several drawing classes offered for community participation at Parkland Community College in Champaign IL where I was hooked on drawing with Prismacolor pencils. This media allows me to combine my passion for animals, particularly horses, and my love of drawing. I gain a tremendous sense of accomplishment transforming a blank page into a three dimensional image of a horse’s head, especially the soft nostrils and expressive eyes found in the old retired thoroughbred or the dressage horse in his prime, the seasoned show horse looking out of her stall, and the cowpony first learning to work in a bit. I am also interested in portraying the strong bond present in so many of our relationships with animals (and animals with each other), whether in the form of a portrait of a faithful old dog, the relationship of a cat with a stall bound horse recuperating from surgery, the interaction of a little girl and her cat, or the cowgirl with her horse.
As my art progressed, I applied for and was accepted by jury into the Illinois artisans program and the Hoosier Artist Gallery in Nashville, Indiana.
Eight years ago we moved to College Grove, Tennessee where I continued to take art lessons and added pastel painting to my repertoire although I still prefer to use pencils. In those years I exhibited in both the Williamson county fair and the Tennessee state fair winning blue ribbons in both for the pair of draft horses in harness and in one for the gypsy vanner pastel. I also participated in the inaugural Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration art show where I earned a reserve ribbon for my pastel painting of Rowdy Rev. I then entered daft horse drawing in the renewal of the international animals in art where it was selected as one of 50 to be displayed and won the readers choice award (the highlight of my art career.
In keeping with the celebration the 50th anniversary of animal art on the JAVMA cover- JAVMArt Jubilee (50 yrs of cover art by the veterinary community) the art piece presented is the original pencil drawing of the dog “Ben” that was selected for cover art for the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association November 15, 2013, volume 243, number 10.
Eudaimonia
Active bid $400.00
(estimate $350-500)
By Dr. Emily Patterson-Kane
Description
Acrylic on canvas board, created in 2023, 10 x 14 inches
Eudaimonia is a Greek term referring to being in a good state of welfare and also wellness in terms of virtue or spiritual values. This painting aims to represent human, animal, and environment in a state of thriving harmony as represented by symbolism including the golden light and the three-faced head. but also including a feeling of anxiety given the many factors that threaten our entangled health, happiness, and spiritual wellbeing.
Emily Patterson-Kane is an animal psychologist who works closely with veterinary professionals, currently as a director of research at the ASPCA. She creates art related to many themes but often including an element of human-animal interactions.
Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/haiartstudio/
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Maestro
Starting bid $650.00
By Dr. Susan Eyer-Anderson
(estimate $850-1000)
Description
20″ x 16″ framed archival canvas print of an oil painting that was recently finished. Photo reference Karen Broemmelsick
“I grew up in Southern California with both parents being professional artists. I learned about color theory before learning how to add, read or write. I have no formal art training other than what I learned from them, which I cherish. I am presently practicing at VCA Lakeside, in Big Bear Lake, CA (mainly small animals).
Susan wrote “I have shown at Outwest Art Show and Sale in Great Falls, Charlie Russell Auction, Settlers West American Miniatures, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cattlemen’s Art Show and Sale in Paso Robles, and will be at the Woolerac in 2024. My work has been in numerous publications including Art of the West (featured article in July, 2022).”
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Looking Glass
Starting bid $500.00
(estimate $850-1000)
By Dr. Michelle McCune
Description
Oil on canvas 8 x 8 inches
Growing up in the Midwest I was always fascinated by red foxes. This one was particularly taken with it’s own reflection! I love the circular movement in this piece and how reflections are not simply mirror images but show an entirely different perspective, like all of the red leaves in the trees above the fox – pure magic!
I graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 1996 and still practice small animal medicine part-time. The rest of my time is spent volunteering and in my studio. I am a docent at Ano Nuevo State Park in California where I educate people about the conservation and facts about amazing elephant seals. I also volunteer as a research intern with Monterey Bay Whale Watch collecting crucial data which is used to help protect whales! I love to travel and support companies dedicated to environmental protection.
I have been published many times and received many awards and have been a proud member of the Artists for Conservation since 2008.
http://www.michellemccunedvm.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.mccune.77
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellemccunedvmart/
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Cosmo
Starting bid $500.00
(estimate $750-850)
By Dr. Deanna L Rendel
Description
Quilt, wall hanging, based on a photograph taken by my sister-in-law of her cat sitting in front of a bookcase. 32 x 44 inches
Dr. Deanna Rendel graduated from Michigan State University CVM in 1991. Began quilting 30 years ago. Retired from small animal practice 2 years ago to have more time for quilting. Recently became a grandma with the birth of her grandson on March 1st.
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Tryptic
Starting bid $1100.00
(estimate $1350-1500)
By Dr. Roeland Wessels, Dr. Bruce Francke and Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn
Description
This art piece started with a suggestion that Roeland builds a shadow box and fill it with a painting from an actual artist. The wood is from all continents. North Am = American nut, LATAM = purpleheart, Europe =Dutch pear, Africa = padouk, Asia = Japanese cherry, and Australia = New Zealand pine. Jolle and Bruce painted birds from all over the world to add to the tryptic. The padouk and dutch pear tree are also represented.
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Communication box
Starting bid $150.00
(estimate $250-300)
By Dr. Roeland Wessels
Description
Put your phones in the box, close the top, light the candles and as long as the candles burn, have a good conversation without being disturbed by phones
The Accoya wood is reused wood of the harbor jetty of Dordrecht harbor in the Netherlands
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Candle holder
Starting bid $75.00
(estimate $125-150)
By Dr. Roeland Wessels
Description
Light your candle for some well deserved ‘you’ time.
Candle holder is made of different left-overs. Walnut, berch, oak and more
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Icebear
Starting bid $750.00
(estimate $1250-1500)
30 by 30 inches print on canvas by Dr. Ken Gorczyca
Description
I paint portraits of nature and animals and especially enjoy capturing wildlife and human-animal companionship. Both brush and knife help craft thick textures of built-up acrylic paint. My paintings are sculpted from my experiences from veterinary anatomy and the love of clouds and the elements. Bright colors and deep shadows are important to me. Painting nature has allowed me to explore color, light and shape, which easily morph into my fascination of animal form and gesture. I enjoy painting outdoors, en plein air style, while sitting directly on the earth directly. I believe that the Earth herself is alive, so art captures Gaia herself with all of her antics, motion and beauty. My paintings have a certain physicality, which allows for a dynamic approach to the models and scenes from which I work.
http://www.KenGorczyca.com
info@kengorczyca.com
ICE BEAR represents the compelling face of the global climate crisis. What are his eyes telling us? What does he know about our future together? This image was featured on the December 1, 2021 cover of JAVMA and featured in the 2022 international art show Extraction: Art on the Edge the Abyss. The original painting was the showcase piece at my first solo art show, Portraits of Gaia, in Prescott, Arizona at the Natural History Institute Art Gallery from October 2022 to January 2023. This auction piece is a scanned canvas print, framed and signed and is the same size, color and detail as the original acrylic painting (30”by 30”).
This painting is framed with floater frame.
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Baraway
Active bid $350.00
(estimate $350-500)
11 x 14 inches pastel print by Dr. John Plishka
Description
John Plishka was in private veterinary practice for 25 years before making the switch to academia, where he is now a professor of Anatomy and Physiology, and Animal Biology at Gateway Technical College in Elkhorn, WI. He is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists, a member of the Masters Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies, an Associate Member of the American Academy of Equine Art and a Signature Member of the Chicago Pastel Painters.
This painting is not framed
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The Gaze
Starting bid $450.00
(estimate $850-1200)
5 x 7 inches pastel painting by Dr. John Plishka
Description
John Plishka was in private veterinary practice for 25 years before making the switch to academia, where he is now a professor of Anatomy and Physiology, and Animal Biology at Gateway Technical College in Elkhorn, WI. He is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists, a member of the Masters Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies, an Associate Member of the American Academy of Equine Art and a Signature Member of the Chicago Pastel Painters.
This painting is not framed
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Everything the Light Touches is His Kingdom
Starting bid $500.00
(estimate $750-850)
12 x 16 inches oil on wrapped canvas by Dr. Bruce Francke.
Description
Dr. Bruce Francke is a 1991 graduate of the Michigan State University CVM. He is a practicing
companion animal veterinarian and practice owner in Essexville, Michigan. He is a self-taught
artist who first started painting during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way of temporarily escaping
from the stress of dealing with it. Most of his paintings have been gifted to people negatively
impacted by the pandemic or sold to support charitable causes.
He paints most frequently in oil, but regularly returns to acrylic and watercolor. He also dabbles
in pastel, charcoal and mixed media. He enjoys all the varied colors and complexities of the
natural world, and you might see him roaming on local trails with his Nikon camera looking for
inspiration. Bruce’s preferred subject matter is usually chosen by whatever happens to move or
inspire him at the moment, and is extremely varied.
This painting is not framed
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Hello Friend
Starting bid $175.00
(estimate $250-350)
6 x 8 inches oil on canvas board by Dr. Bruce Francke.
Description
Dr. Bruce Francke is a 1991 graduate of the Michigan State University CVM. He is a practicing
companion animal veterinarian and practice owner in Essexville, Michigan. He is a self-taught
artist who first started painting during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way of temporarily escaping
from the stress of dealing with it. Most of his paintings have been gifted to people negatively
impacted by the pandemic or sold to support charitable causes.
He paints most frequently in oil, but regularly returns to acrylic and watercolor. He also dabbles
in pastel, charcoal and mixed media. He enjoys all the varied colors and complexities of the
natural world, and you might see him roaming on local trails with his Nikon camera looking for
inspiration. Bruce’s preferred subject matter is usually chosen by whatever happens to move or
inspire him at the moment, and is extremely varied.
This painting is framed
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Red Eyed Tree Frog
Starting bid $250.00
(estimate $375-500)
8 x 10 inches acrylic on canvas board by Dr. Bruce Francke.
Description
Dr. Bruce Francke is a 1991 graduate of the Michigan State University CVM. He is a practicing
companion animal veterinarian and practice owner in Essexville, Michigan. He is a self-taught
artist who first started painting during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way of temporarily escaping
from the stress of dealing with it. Most of his paintings have been gifted to people negatively
impacted by the pandemic or sold to support charitable causes.
He paints most frequently in oil, but regularly returns to acrylic and watercolor. He also dabbles
in pastel, charcoal and mixed media. He enjoys all the varied colors and complexities of the
natural world, and you might see him roaming on local trails with his Nikon camera looking for
inspiration. Bruce’s preferred subject matter is usually chosen by whatever happens to move or
inspire him at the moment, and is extremely varied.
This painting is framed
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Selfie
Starting bid $998.00
(estimate $1500-2250)
Selfie is a 2023 oil on canvas painting by Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn and is 16×20 inches.
Description
Jolle, a veterinary small animal surgeon, has been painting for the last 10 years and uses all sorts of materials. Although his repertoire is normally a bit more abstract, he created selfie specifically for the AVMA Convention ARTvetNOW exhibition 2023.
Selfie is an expression of dog love and social media
Framing
Selfie comes with a frame
More info: drjolle.com
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“This is hands down the best selfie you can buy”
– Jolle K.
VETartNOW 