My Vision

I am determined to pursue my "Wake County Pit Project" that I described in my previous blog post. Because I will be technically starting a "business",  it's going to take a lot to reach my goals and make this project happen. I will have to take all the necessary, legal steps to get this project rolling. But for the sake of this blog post, I can simplify my plan into 3 steps as a to-do list:

• I need to draw and paint portraits of Pits, representing them as lovable and innocent animals. These drawings/paintings will be a design for a t-shirt or bumper sticker. I was surveying "Pit Bull art" in a Google image search, and the majority of the artworks depict Pits as vicious, violent, and aggressive dog, except for one man. Dean Russo is a contemporary Pop Artist who paints portraits of dogs, particularly Pits, in a positive light. He represents Pit Bulls as loving and obedient creatures. I am inspired by his concept and want to portray Pits in a positive light, as well, to educate and confront this society on the consequences of false breed stereotyping.

Gratitude Pit Bull Print. ARTIST: DEAN RUSSO.
IMAGE WAS COPIED FROM DEAN RUSSO'S WEBSITE.
http://www.deanrussoart.bigcartel.com/product/gratitude-pitbull

• My next step would be to print my designs on t-shirts, bumper stickers, posters, and any other item that will help raise awareness.

Gratitude Pit Bull T-Shirt. ARTIST: DEAN RUSSO.
IMAGE WAS COPIED FROM DEAN RUSSO'S WEBSITE.
http://www.deanrussoart.bigcartel.com/product/gratitude-pit-bull-t-shirt

• My final step would be to sell the merchandise and donate the money to the WCAS as well as other local shelters. I would talk to each shelter in order to set up a plan/relationship with them, making sure they understand and agree with my project. This will also establish a consistency of donations on my part. 

My hopes for this project is to raise awareness on the discrimination towards this breed. I feel compelled to take action in educating people of the real causes and consequences of breed stereotyping. I also want to help out my local animal shelters in a financial way. According to last year's Public Animal Shelter Report, the WCAS had a total expense of $2,441,701. As you can see, It takes A LOT of money to properly care for homeless animals. Financial donations can help the homeless animals in a variety of way. These are the two objectives for my Wake County Pits Project. This isn't something that will happen in a couple of months. It will take a good amount of time to get things rolling, but I'm determined to make this happen. There's no better way of using your artistic abilities when you are actively supporting a good cause.