Jamie Wyeth loves his dogs, he loves his work and he totally embraced the idea of pairing the two when someone suggested he assemble an exhibit featuring his paintings and drawings of dogs. That's how "Dog Days of Summer: Works by Jamie Wyeth" came to be at Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa.
Wyeth was kind enough to sign an exhibit catalog for us to give away through Delaware Pets with these words, "To another dog lover! Jamie Wyeth."
If you go to see the exhibit, make sure you see his regal painting "Newfoundland," (above) featuring one of his favorite dogs Boom Boom, with the ocean full behind him and a threatening sky. In the catalog, Wyeth remembers Boom Boom, "He would shake his head and the saliva would end up on the ceiling and he had a sort of majesty about him. The tragedy of big dogs is they die so young. That is what I hate - and the death of a dog wrecks me infinitely more than the death of a person. So after Boom Boom, I said no more big dogs."
Wyeth was featured on the cover of the July issue of Delaware Pets with his Jack Russell terriers -- true to his word about smaller dogs -- at his Chester County farm.
Now, to be eligible for a random drawing for the "Dog Days" catalog, you must:
* E-mail us in 50 words or less what you like best about dogs. Include your name, mailing address, and a daytime contact number to pets@delawareonline.com
* Be from Delaware or nearby surrounding counties. You interlopers from Texas, California and South Africa are out.
* Send that e-mail by midnight Tuesday, July 31.
* Not be a News Journal employee or a member of his or her immediate family.
* Be a dog lover. OK, we'll fudge that part to include art lovers, Wyeth fans and cat people, too.
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