Tillamook Cheddar (dog)
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Tillamook Cheddar (b. Greenwich, Connecticut, January 17, 1999; also called Tillie for short) is a Jack Russell terrier dog from Greenwich, Connecticut. She had work on display at the National Arts Club, collaborating on pieces that were shown with human artists such as Tom Sachs and Dirk Westphal.[1]
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[edit] Background
A 16-pound (7.25 kg) Jack Russell terrier with a white coat and brown and black markings on her face, she is named for Tillamook Cheddar, a brand of cheese produced in the U.S. state of Oregon. She lives in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, with her owner, F. Bowman Hastie III, a freelance writer and editor. Hastie, who grew up in Oregon,[2] serves as her agent, publicist, and manager.[3]
Hastie received Tillamook Cheddar as a 30th birthday gift from his mother, picking her out of a litter in Greenwich, Connecticut.[2] Hastie first noted her presumed artistic inclinations when she was six months of age; while he was sitting on his couch writing on a legal pad, she jumped up and began scratching at the pad. Believing that she was attempting to communicate in some way, he affixed a sheet of carbon paper to the pad and she scratched her first image.[3]
[edit] Reception of work
In 2004 Parade Magazine described her as "Best New Artist"[4] and in 2005 The Art Newspaper said she was "the most successful living animal painter".[5]
Art critic Michael Mills of the New Times Broward-Palm Beach said:
But to address a nagging question, do Tillie's scratchings and bitings add up to art? Not to my way of thinking, and here's why. To qualify as a work of art, at least in these postmodern times, a thing must be created with intent, and animals are not capable of intent in the same way humans are.
Mills also quoted Jerry Saltz of The Village Voice who called the work a "sham".[6]
[edit] Exhibitions
In 2007, she painted in a public multimedia event called "Tillie Jazz," in collaboration with a live jazz trio (pianist Dred Scott, tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry, and drummer RJ Miller).[citation needed]
[edit] Media appearances
Tillamook Cheddar has appeared on CNN Sunday Morning, with hosts Anderson Cooper and Catherine Callaway (September 29, 2002).[7]
On December 1, 2006, Sean Cole of NPR's Studio 360 program mentioned her as an animal artist.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Great Animal Artists of Our Time: From Thai Elephants to Brooklyn Terriers, the Ascent of Creatures Great and Small in the Art World ARTINFO.COM
- ^ a b Celebrity Dog Watcher - Digging up Celebrity Dog News - Arf! » CDW Interview: Tillamook Cheddar by way of Bowman Hastie
- ^ a b Brooklyn Dog a Rising Star in New York Art Scene
- ^ "The Best & Worst Of Everything: Our Annual Year-End Roundup", Parade, December 26, 2004
- ^ The Art Newspaper, London, October 2005(subscription required)
- ^ Michael Mills, "Dog Scratch Fever", Broward Palm Beach New Times, July 16, 2009
- ^ CNN.com
- ^ Animal Artists
[edit] Books
- F. Bowman Hastie III (2006). Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist: Art from Scratch, By the World's Preeminent Canine Painter. Seattle, Washington: Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1570614644
- Packard, Mary (2003). Talented Animals: A Chapter Book. Children's Press. ISBN 0516229117
[edit] Articles
- Szabo, Julia. "Picture this! Tillie's Artistic Talent Brings Her Star-Status." New York Post, September 26, 2004.
- Ballo, Kate. "These Paintings Fetch Up to $2000 (And They were Painted By a Dog)." New York Dog, January 2006.
