Pets are members of the family that are special and unique. Each has their own personality that is hard to capture in a single photograph. This is one of the elements Kalm tries to feature when she creates commissioned works of her client’s pets - bringing out their personalities on the page or canvas.

From little dogs that think they are giants, to sooky dogs who just want to snuggle with their owners, and the quirky ones that will spend hours chasing their own tails or licking the toes of every human being they come across - they are all unique.

There are also the pets that have special jobs like cheering up people in hospitals or nursing homes, alerting people to blood sugar level changes in diabetics or a seizure about to occur in other people.

Every one of them deserves a special artwork that showcases the important roles they play in our lives.

And then there are the stories that buildings can tell us - from being important parts of a town or city’s history, to simply being a home to many generations of a family or a family’s home for most of the lives of the people living in it. And sometimes, they only house families, individuals or businesses for a short but important period.

The buildings themselves are sometimes artworks themselves.

Landscapes can be calming, or invoke memories or other feelings.

Kalm aims to reflect as many of these elements when creating her artworks, whether for herself or clients.