Marti McGinnis

My dog, JoJo, developed a habit of licking out and then artfully biting empty cat food cans. I started collecting them and after a couple of years I realized JoJo had enough material to not only mount a show of his work ut also co-author a book based on his motivations. So this past summer he and I went to an Artist's retreat in Michigan and co-authored his book "CANS: The Life's Work of an Optimistic Dog". It has over 60 of Jo's sculptures in it as well as descriptions of his creative process and how we came to understand this dog is an artist. All from the humble beginnings of a Very persistent canine artist and a bunch of cat food cans. More info is available here: http://happyart.martimcginnis.com/other-projects/jojos-cans/