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“Brooklyn-based portrait artist Hannah Stahl has an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and can turn a photo of a beloved dog (or cat or human) into a work of art worthy of hanging above the fireplace. Pricing depends on size, composition, and framing, so you’ll need to work that out with Hannah directly, but her work is impeccable and something to be cherished well beyond Father’s Day.”
One of Hannah’s custom dog portraits was featured on The Extravagant as part of a piece on a historic midtown Manhattan apartment renovation.
Entrants in the 2016 Westminster art contest were asked to produce artwork with an agility-based theme. The winner, "Lucy," is oil-on-canvas by artist Hannah Stahl and depicts an airborne Staffordshire Bull Terrier, in an athletic exploit that is often seen in the agility ring.
Last August, Stahl won first place in the Westminster Kennel Club’s dog art contest—held several months before the club’s 140th annual dog show, in partnership with the New York Academy of Art—by wowing judges with Lucy, an oil-on-canvas painting of a leaping Staffordshire bull terrier. The honor came with a $5,000 cash prize.
Hannah Stahl’s “Lucy,” a Staffordshire bull terrier painted in oil, won first place at the Westminster Kennel Club’s art contest that accompanies the world-famous dog show, which was this past weekend.
The Westminster Kennel Club Artwork Competition is a skills contest in which entrants submit artwork for use and inclusion in the promotional materials for the Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual Dog Show.
“Upon painting my first dog portrait — a wedding gift for a friend — an unexpected stream of additional requests started filling up a queue; and although I hadn’t planned on it, I became quickly fond of the nature of the work. My subjects, these humble pets, drew me in. From the pristine show dog to the un-manicured mutt, there is a seemingly endless range of qualities. Yet wherever within the spectrum from majestic and downright bizarre, all dogs share the same generosity of expression — and although some of us may like to imagine otherwise — they don’t pose. They are specifically and unapologetically themselves. Therefore my work never aims to idealize or romanticize a dog, but simply to capture them in their authenticity. “ —Hannah Stahl