Tag: Monica McLaughlin

Recap: Just Dogs at La Motta Fine Art

Dogs and their owners showed up last Saturday for the opening reception of Just Dogs at La Motta Fine Art in Hartford, CT. As I previously mentioned, several of my collages and my film Dogs in Art are in the show.

Galley owner, Janice La Motta, was very pleased with the reception and noted that there was great range of dog parading in and out all day, surprisingly no duplicate breeds.

The fabulous Monica McLaughlin (no relation as far as we know) of Plans for Pups came in from Manhattan with her two Westies, Missy Paulette and Casey Jane, dressed up for the occasion and took some photos for me, as did fellow artist Jane O’Hara, in from Rhode Island with her husband, artist Gedas Paskauskas.

Gary Steinborn’s Venice Clay Dogs grace the window.

Janice La Motta and Jane O’Hara

Any Basset Hound art?

Monica McLaughlin with Missy Paulette, Casey Jane, and new friend who loved them both.

Dog art lovers mix and mingle. (See my movie on a pedestal. I love it!)

Moira McLaughlin originals.

Also, my collage Greyhound’s Goddess sold to art collector Linda Cheverton Wick and her husband, artist Walter Wick of the I Spy book series. Needless to say, I am thrilled!

Sold!

Just Dogs at La Motta Fine Art runs until August 22, 2008.

More Information:

La Motta Fine Art
11 Whitney Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860.680.3596

August 2, 2008
America’s Next Top Dog Model: Missy Paulette

Look at the wonderful photos one of my readers, the fabulous Westie lover Monica McLaughlin (no relation), sent me — not just dog art, but dog on art. Truly a bit of brilliant performance art.

I just love Missy Paulette's focus during the shoot. She is a real professional and definitely deserves the title of America's Next Top Dog Model. Fierce! ….as Tyra would say.

Photos taken last fall at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Statue is Mediterranea III by Martin Chirino, 1969, a gift of Carol and Howard Holtzman.

BTW, if you're in the Manhattan area looking for events to attend with your pup this summer, visit Monica's Plans for Pups, an online magazine dedicated to the promotion and review of select dog-related activities in and around NYC.

June 17, 2008
Monica McLaughlin’s Christie’s Dog Sale Highlights

The fabulous Monica McLaughlin is the organizer of NYCs Plans For Pups MeetUp Group group. Today she was my East Coast correspondent for the Christie’s Dog Sale. Here is her description of the event:

“Wow! That was quick. It began promptly at 10 a.m. and was over by 11:30!

Highlights include:

– Lot 18 (Neptune by Landseer) expected: $800,000 – 1,200,000 — did not sell
– Lot 27 (Waiting for the Guns by Blinks) expected: $200,000 – 300,00 — went for $564,000;
– Lot 59, (Pointy by Sargent) expected was $60,000 – 80,000 — went for $432,000
– Lot 78 (Sandy by Marion Rodger Hamilton Harvey) expected: $600 – 1,000 — went for $2,280
– Lot 85 (Jack by Ludovic Napoleon Vincent Lepic) expected: $3,000 – 5,000 — went for $10,200;
– Lot 96 (Basset et Son by Niki de Saint Phalle) expected: $10,000 – 15,000 — went for $52,800.

There were only about 20 people in the audience plus about 10 people manning the phones/web.

The set up was very similar to that of a courtroom with the Judge (auctioneer) in the front, the Jury (telephone operators) on the sides and the Public (audience) seating in the middle.

A large screen to the front left of the auctioneer showed a photograph of the art being sold. The only pieces actually in the room were those pieces that had been hung on the walls prior to the sale and “Pointy” which was on an easel in the front.

A large electronic board to the left listed the piece being sold as well as the up-to-the second exchange rates in Euros, British Pound and Swiss Francs amongst a few other currencies.”

Sounds cool. Thanks for your report Monica 🙂

[Niki de Saint Phalle’s Basset et Son (above) set a World Auction Record for this edition. Incredible! I absolutely love them! — Moira]

June 22, 2007