Running Partner by Lyla Paakkanen

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Design By: Lyla Paakkanen
Lyla Paakkanen

Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.

 

Design By: Lyla Paakkanen
Lyla Paakkanen

Lyla Paakkanen lives in Sacramento, where the Pony Express ended its route. She is a freelance artist and illustrator, has a Master’s Degree in Art from CSUN, Communications Design from UCLA. She taught art at 5 colleges and has won many awards in California and Colorado for her work.

 

Artist Statement

My sister runs marathons and she has always had her dogs to run with her. I decided to paint her and her running partner, Kirby, a rescued dalmatian. Kirby has been slowing down lately as he ages. But he still runs with her. She just finished the Boston Marathon this morning, with a pretty good time, so I wanted to upload this painting to honor all of her dalmatians that have been her support through the years, helping her to qualify to run the Boston every year. I have gotten back to painting again, instead of the digital images that I had been creating with the Adobe programs. This one is painted completely in watercolor. It feels good to work with paint again. — Lyla Paakkanen