Kat Swan, a Tucson artist who paints pet portraits, is using her work to help find homes for adaptable rescue dogs.
Swan has been passionate about rescue dogs for years, having owned three herself, but said her journey as an artist started just a year and a half ago, following her father’s passing.
“We did a memorial for him on this place called Church Island in New Hampshire,” she said. “The trees were beautiful, and I was like, ‘I either have to get a tattoo or I need to paint this.’”…