Above: Sam The Painting Hound Mix.

By Anne Godlasky for USA TODAY

Sam the painting hound mix isn’t just painting for kicks — er, wags — anymore. Now he’s cashing in on his talent, with some of his two dozen paintings selling for up to $1,700, The Telegraph reports.

“Sam is a regular renaissance dog and his abstract paintings are all the rage with the hip New York galleries,” says owner Mary Stadelbacher who runs Shore Service Dogs in eastern Maryland. She says:

“Using his specialized training as a house-help dog, combined with my amateur art background, Sam is a fully trained artist … He takes the paint-brush mouth piece and will approach the canvas and begin painting on the simple command of ‘paint’.”

Of course, Sam isn’t the only dog getting gallery shows. Remember Tillamook Cheddar? Tillie the Jack Russell just had exhibitions in Ottawa, Ontario, and Hollywood, Fla.

Above: Tillamook Cheddar, or Tillie, a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier.