Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist: Art from Scratch, by the World's Preeminent Canine Painter Book

Tillie (or Tillamook Cheddar, as formally named) is a Jack Russell Terrier from Brooklyn, New York. She is widely regarded as the world's preeminent canine artist. In her native New York she's had several solo exhibitions in addition to her other highly acclaimed gallery shows in Los Angeles, Belgium, Milan, and Amsterdam. Her first solo exhibition, "Dog Tag," was held when she was a mere nine months old. Her second, "Portraits and Landscapes," established Tillamook's reputation among the critics of New York's art world. Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist is a tongue-in-cheek retrospective collection of photographs depicting the life and art of Tillamook Cheddar with light descriptive text from the artist's "assistant" – Bowman Hastie.