Retired nurse makes £15,000 by selling artwork painted by her dog

Overlook Picasso, Ivy may be the best artist of all time (Image: Caters)

A retired nurse has made £15,000 by promoting paintings painted by her canine.

Lisa Kite, 58, began educating her nine-year-old Australian Shepherd Ivy to color after she had simply turned two. 

Even at that younger age, Lisa noticed Ivy was very fast at studying new methods. 

The beloved pooch has now been creating artwork for seven years and Lisa has even taught her to choose up a paint brush and paint on a clean canvas. 

Her work have uncommon names comparable to ‘Meringue’ and ‘Jungle Cat.’

Costs range, however her costliest murals is promoting for £360.

Lisa, from North Carolina, US, says: ‘Initially, I skilled her to get a beer from the fridge to impress my grownup youngsters after they came over and from there, I taught her plenty of completely different methods.

‘We've a two-page spreadsheet of various methods now.

‘She’ll do the essential instructions like sit, rollover and shake however she’s realized how one can kind the washing, take my jacket off, wipe her ft, and put cash within the financial institution.

‘It didn’t take lengthy to show her how one can paint; she was portray inside every week. She began off with water color however now she’s utilizing acrylic paint and has painted a whole lot of various work.

Ivy throughout the course of of making her artwork (Image: Caters)

‘I’ve given so many work away however we promote them everywhere in the world; I’m blown away by how many individuals need considered one of her work!’

Lisa is just not an artist however loves the creations made by her pup. Monday is their set day of the week to color and Ivy can have 5 work on the go at anybody time. 

Ivy the canine with considered one of her work (Image: Caters)

Lisa donates the earnings from Ivy’s paintings to native charities and meals banks of their space.

‘That is enjoyable for Ivy; she is skilled utilizing optimistic reinforcement and is placing good into the world,’ Lisa provides. 

‘I’m not an artist however I like artwork and have realized lots from Ivy.

‘She solely provides one color to every portray per week to verify we’re not diluting the colors.

‘So long as she’s busy, she’s joyful and we make sure that to stroll her 5 miles a day on prime of that. We give the earnings away to charity. It’s normally animal welfare charities but in addition meals banks.

‘I like the thought that there's a canine working to assist different canines and pets on the planet.’