“Lyle” for Matthew, a grownup
Lyle is nearly 30 years old, but incredibly enough, he’s the EXACT same style of vintage “Le Mutt” dog that I painted just last month for another owner (see the “Freddie Le Mutt” post). The Le Mutt dogs were apparently a big hit in the 1980′s (there’s even a facebook fan page devoted to Le Mutt lovers everywhere).
Lyle belongs to grown-up Matthew, whose wife commissioned a portrait of Lyle for Christmas lying atop Matthew’s childhood Raggedy Ann and Andy blanket.