Animal Portraits

The first portrait Ouida ever painted was commissioned by a Palm Beach patron, who requested a painting of her dog on the beach by the Breakers Cottages.  Then suddenly, she had two dogs, and finally she wanted to be in the picture as well.  Ouida’s love of animals served her well as she painted portraits of many beloved dogs, cats, horses and birds. In later years she painted animals she observed during her travels to Africa and India.