This is me in the 60s! Now, the legs and hair are shorter, the waist thicker and the dress decidedly longer!
I discovered the Torteval website and got to know Anne and Paul Vaudin and their glorious Irish wolfhounds. It was a single photograph of their Branigan that stole my heart and inspired me to paint for a worthwhile cause. Anne has designed and manages this website for me so that I can display my artwork. Through this outlet I aim to raise much needed funds for the Irish Wolfhound Rescue Trust and Irish Wolfhound Club Health Fund. All the profits from the sale of my work (approximately 60 - 70% of the purchase price) are donated to these worthwhile causes.

The magnificent Irish wolfhound, once owned only by royalty, is "The Hound of Kings and the King of Hounds". I hope that you will enjoy looking at my portfolio and if you gain a fraction of the pleasure that I do from visiting the Torteval site, I will be truly honoured.

Colleen and Gandalf
 
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Occasionally I get to meet one of my subjects in person - though, like little Miss Alice O'Mara Vaudin here, not all are keen to pose!

Hello! I'm Colleen Ellis and my two loves are animals and art. Over the years I have obtained many commissions, and as word spread a wider circle of interest grew so that I constantly had a drawing on the go. An exhibition of my work followed, leading to more orders and I was able to sell some of my work on the Irish Wolfhound Club stall at Crufts.
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