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ABOUT
CORI
SOLOMON
ARTIST
Pet
portraits of dogs, cats and other animals.
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After
graduating college with a degree in art and knowing the
difficulties of earning a living in this field, I put my
creative side on hold and chose a career in Real Estate.
Twenty-three years later, I began to write short stories
about salukis, the breed of dog I share my life with. I
decided it might be fun to illustrate these stories. |
Following two years of studies at Brentwood Art Center School
of Fine Art in Los Angeles and finding I loved working in the
pastel medium, I began sketching my salukis. Then in the summer
of 2001 my sister died. With the impact of her death I discovered
that my breakthrough in artistic expression and experimentation
was through the drawing of animals. This new insight enabled me
to go beyond the mechanics and capture on paper the essence of
the animal.
I
share my life with my husband Ken and daughter Torie. We are
owned by four salukis; Gabi, Lexi, Tobi, and Rosi and two cats,
Albee and Ollie. Our door is always open to Keli, mother to Gabi
and Tami. They live nearby with my mother.
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Professional Experience |
3rd
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Cori’s Pawtraits. Portraits/Drawings of your Pets,
animals and wildlife. |
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Group Exhibitions |
3rd
Place |
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2007 |
Brentwood Art Center –Figure Painting, Portrait
Drawing, Printmaking and Photography, Los Angeles,
CA |
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Art
Center At Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA |
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Ventura
Summer ArtWalk, Ventura, CA |
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Brentwood Art Center - Painting Drawing & Mixed
Media, Los Angeles, CA |
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2006
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Ventura
Harvest Artwalk, Ventura, CA |
First Place |
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Art
Center At Fallbrook, Fallbrook, CA |
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TseTse
Gallery, Providence, RI |
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Ventura
Summer ArtWalk, Ventura, CA |
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Ventura
Spring ArtWalk, Ventura, CA |
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2005 |
Ventura
Harvest ArtWalk, Ventura, CA |
First Place |
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TseTse
Gallery, Providence, RI |
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Ventura
Summer ArtWalk, Ventura, CA |
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Angels
Attic, Santa Monica, CA |
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Ventura
Spring ArtWalk, Ventura CA |
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Injury
Prevention Technologies, W. Los Angeles, CA |
Fourth Place |
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2004 |
Stone
Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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1998-2005 |
Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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Juried Exhibitions |
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2007 |
20th
International Exhibition on Animals in Art, Baton
Rouge, LA Juror: Natalie Mault, LSU Museum of Art,
Baton Rouge, LA |
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21st
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Jurors: Ms. Christine Collier-Trevino and Mr. Doug
Johnson |
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2006
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19th
Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, New York
Jurors: Betty Krulik,Ramona Hillier-O’Hara, Hon.
Iris Cornelia Love |
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20th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Juror: Gary Hood, Senior Curator, Gilcrease Museum,
Tulsa, OK |
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2005 |
18th
Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, New York
Jurors: Kathleen Harwood, Chet Jezierski, and
Alasdair Nichol |
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4th
Annual Friends of Columbian Park Zoo Wildlife Art
Show, Lafayette, IN
Juror: Diane Maxey |
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19th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Juror: Mrs. Joan Williams, Board Member of Greater
St. Louis Art Association |
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2004 |
17th Contemporary American Dog Art Competition, New
York
Jurors: Mr. Alan Fausel, Mrs. Felicity Wilmerding,
Mr. Howard Atlee |
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3rd
Annual Friends of Columbian Park Zoo Wildlife Art
Show, Lafayette, IN |
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18th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Juror: Mr. Lorne E. Render, Director of Mariana
Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State
University, Manhattan, KS |
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2003
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16th
Contemporary American Dog Art Competition
Jurors: Mr. Chris Jussel, Dr. Anne Imelda Radice,
Ms. Jane H. Willis |
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17th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Juror: Mr. Peter Belmont Jr., Executive Director of
Showsight Magazine |
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2002
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16th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, Kansas
Juror: Mr. John D’Angelo, Director of City Arts of
Wichita |
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Honors and Activities |
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2004
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18th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show. 1st place in the
drawing category
with “Feathered Scrutiny”
Best Entry depicting a Sighthound with “Feathered
Scrutiny”
4th place in the drawing category with “Puppy Bliss” |
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2002 |
16th
Annual Art Show at the Dog Show. 1st place in the
drawing category with “The Long Stare” |
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Memberships |
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The
American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog Artist
Registry |
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League
of Animal Artists |
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Art
Helping Animals |
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Education and Workshops |
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Brentwood Art Center |
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1977 |
BA -
California State University Northridge Major-art,
Minor-Business |
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For
further information, to purchase one of the available Pawtraits
listed in the gallery, or to order a Cori's Pawtrait, please
Email or call Cori
at 310.471.6672 or 888.471.6672
To view Cori's most recent work,
visit her blog |
