Owling Dog artists print photographs on gallery-wrapped canvas. What is gallery-wrapped canvas? Gallery-wrapped canvas is cotton canvas that is wrapped tightly around the stretcher bars (wooden frame), folded over the corners and tacked down for strength

Each original canvas print is gallery-wrapped giclée print - also known as archival pigment ink (spray) process - with edges finished in image overflow. In other words, part of the photograph can be seen on the edge of the canvas. We feel it makes a more interesting and complete visual experience. Each acid-free, archival ink print comes with a certification of authenticity.

Our History

Our art is unique in that it is historical, one-of-a-kind, original work produced by four artists with very different photographic styles and interests. Some of the photos were obtained by risking life and limb, some taken in places that can never be revisited. Many historical photos were taken before buildings were brought down to the ground, annihilating the stories of the people who spent their days in mental hospitals or tuberculosis infirmaries - apart from society. Mental health care has changed greatly and housing great numbers of mentally ill is not longer form of treatment. The stories of these folks cause us to search our souls to ask what more we could have done. Do we tear the buildings down to rid ourselves of the guilt of what some of these people endured? We hope each photo speaks to the viewer to tell a story - a story of hope, exhilaration, thoughtfulness and depth.

Have you become real?

"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

"I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled.

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