Home. Family. Pets.
" The Deliverance Dogs" Collection:
where devotion becomes fine art
Debut Painting
Rescue 2025
The Crown Jewel of National Dog Day
A collection of fine art paintings by Colleen Paige celebrating love, loss and the healing power of dogs.
SOLD
Rescue
Mixed Media on Canvas with Sculpted Heart
and Gold Pigment
One-of-One, No Reproductions
36x48
"Rescue" stands as the crown jewel of National Dog Day, a singular work created by its founder. At its center is the silhouette of Lilly, a Chihuahua once found burned and dying beneath a dumpster, later adopted and transformed into a healer who carried both the artist and her late husband through the most profound of trials. Her likeness becomes universal, transcending portraiture to embody every rescue dog: the broken, the abandoned, the redeemed.
The work is layered in acrylics and high-pigmented gold, its focal point a sculpted heart built from clay, fractured with kintsugi-inspired seams that gleam with gold. This heart, raised from the canvas in relief, anchors the piece in the philosophy that repair renders life more beautiful, more valuable than it was before. By merging painting with sculptural form and the ancient tradition of kintsugi, Rescue enters the realm of both fine art and cultural testimony.
A one-of-one with no reproductions ever to be made, Rescue is not only a work of art but a historic artifact: a singular creation that embodies love, survival, and the power of adoption. For the serious collector, it represents an unrepeatable opportunity to hold the definitive masterpiece of National Dog Day in its purest form.
These are not simply portraits. They are stories of devotion, heartbreak, and redemption. They are offerings of gratitude to the animals who shape our lives and to the love that saves us.
As the founder of National Dog Day and National Cat Day, among others, her life has always been defined by the love of animals…their resilience, their loyalty, and the way they save us when we need saving most.
Animals are not just muses in her art…they are the heartbeats behind it. Years ago, she met her late husband through a rescued Chihuahua. Later, after that dog passed from a brain tumor, they adopted another…a tiny Chihuahua survivor, found dying beneath a dumpster, covered in burns. That little soul became his constant companion during his battle with young-onset Lewy body dementia (the same disease that consumed actor Robin Williams), standing by them through the darkest years.
During that time, with no family to lean on, her only solace was her dog and her art. They were the two things that kept her breathing. After her husband’s passing, she was drowning in grief…suffocating in utter despair, until she believes he sent someone new into her life. A love who became her air, her sunlight, pulling her out of sorrow and reminding her what it feels like to create again.
This body of work is born of that journey…of loss, survival, resilience, and rebirth. It carries the spirit of her late husband, who loved abstract art, but is dedicated to the man whose love brought her back to light after intense darkness and grief. Each canvas, painted in a refined palette of cream, chocolate, black, and gold, speaks to the timeless connection between humans and their pets.
Next in the collection
coming October 1st for
National Black Dog Day
