Maira's dogs

Self portrait with Pete, 2004-5

I assume that many of Animalarium's readers are familiar with Maira Kalman.

You probably have seen some of her whimsical New Yorker covers and children's books, 

or maybe you know her for her design work with M&Co, or as the wife and collaborator

of the late Tibor Kalman, legendary graphic designer and founding editor of Colors.

Recently, Maira wrote and illustrated the blog "And the pursuit of Happiness" 

for the New York Times. The list of her creative pursuits could go on and on...

Illustration from Maira Kalman's book The Principles of Uncertainty

Recently I discovered one more artistic expression of the multi-talented Ms. Kalman,

 this series of portraits of pets and their owners' legs from Ralph Pucci's website. 

I quite enjoy them, and hope you do too!