Artist Jacob Daley and RAL Team Up with Portraits for Paws

Local Richmond artist, Jacob Daley, is a 2015 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Communication Arts. Daley works full-time doing branding and marketing for local small businesses with Nudge Advertising. After struggling with chronic anxiety and depression he went back to his roots of Fine Art with Daley Dots.

Jacob creates unique works of art by stippling or layering a series of four different colored (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) dots in order to create an entire spectrum of color. He developed this style to alleviate anxiety and depression through mindfulness and the meditative like state when creating his portraits. Daley relaunched his art career in August 2019 and has stippled pet portraits and human portraits. This relaunch was extremely successful and led to dozens of commissions in a short time.

Those pet portraits inspired Jacob to team up with Richmond Animal League for Portraits for Paws to raise funds for the shelter and its animals. Daley is donating 15% of the proceeds from all Pet Portraits created during the year of 2020. He chose RAL for their emphasis on providing top-tier medical treatments to all the animals that they house as well as a high-quality clinic and veterinary services.

Richmond Animal League is Richmond’s oldest no-kill shelter and has helped, on average, 1,700 animals per year. Daley’s fundraising will contribute to and improve on the shelter’s ability to provide safe living conditions, quality medical care & procedures, and overall morale of all the puppies, kittens, dogs, and cats that pass through RAL each year. The RAL representative, Lauren Decker, says, “Richmond Animal League is excited to partner with Jacob from Daley Dots! Any and all donations received will provide hope, help, and homes to animals in need. We are incredibly thankful for all the support from Daley Dots and this new partnership!”

Daley says, “I value my art for its ability to alleviate anxiety/depression, but if I can help those without a voice feel some equivalency to the joy I feel creating Pet Portraits, why not? Our pets are only temporary in our lives, but we are forever in theirs, let’s make their time on this planet enjoyable. ”

The partnership between Daley and RAL will involve an initial weeklong Facebook event, sponsored by Richmond Animal League, starting on January 14th 2020.

Daley and RAL will be doing a special kick-off Live Stream on Instagram and Facebook on the afternoon of January 14th, 2020 at 2:00 pm to help answer any questions and raise awareness. This collaboration will continue from January 14th through December 30th, 2020 and will feature quarterly weeklong Facebook events.

Pet Portraits can be ordered anytime from January – December 2020 to have a portion of the proceeds donated to RAL. Portraits start at $114.

Contact Jacob at daleydots@gmail.com, or his website daleydots.com, to order a pet portrait. He can also be found on Instagram @daleydots and on Facebook at Daley Dots.