Anne-Karine Thoresen, Casa Savilla Studio "I just want to paint."

   "Painting must have been in my blood just like my devotion to animals.  There simply is no explanation for it other than that it was meant to be.  After graduating high school in Norway, I studied art with the Hicks Art Center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Almost 25 years would pass before making art my full time career. 

I started to paint dogs because they have always occupied positions in the animal world that were closest to our affections and they continue to play roles that mirror the activities and needs of the humans they live with.  No animal could tell the story of modern art and culture better than the dog.  Today I enjoy painting other animals as well, but the dog remains my primary focus.