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How an artist built a career creating pet oil paintings

CBS News correspondent Michael George profiles an artist who turned painting pets in oil into a full career, in a video running under two minutes; the dogs sat still.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCBS News has a feel-good one tonight: an artist who built a whole career painting pets in oil, turning the family dog into fine art.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's not a pet, Chip, it's a legacy client who never once argued about the final invoice.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorForever, in oil. The dog gets a frame, and I still don't have a picture on my desk.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe painting will outlive us all, so I'd put the portrait in the will, and name it executor.

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