In response to a blogpost titled ‘Belgian Musings’ by Vitania of the Verdisgris Vie blog , that was posted earlier this week, I received again a few emails from my readers asking me to tell something more about the painting, that was shown on one of the pictures on the Verdisgris Vie blogpost . Thank you so much Vitania for posting about Belgian Pearls! I so appreciate it! As I received emails not only this week but also during the passed years asking me to tell some more about the painting, I decided to write a post about the artist of these amusing dog portraits. Thierry Poncelet is a Belgian artist, born in Brussels, now residing in Monaco. At a young age, his grandmother, who was also a portrait-painter, encouraged him to paint and draw. After studying Fine Arts at the St Luc Academy, he joined workshops to learn the art of painting in a traditional way and restoring fine paintings. One day, as he was working on an aristocratic portrait,tired and bored by the ugly fa...
