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       SAM is a dog who lives in Maryland，US．But is   1  a painter．And some of his paintings have sold for $1，700．

       Sam holds a special paintbrush in his mouth to paint．Mary Studebaker，Sam’s owner，said Sam loves painting and can do it for   2  ．“He loves to work in different colors．He paints his paintings with    3    colors first and then moves onto lighter ones．” She said．

       Mary，the owner of a dog service center，took in 6-year-old Sam four years ago．She   4   the idea of teaching Sam to paint    5   seeing reports about animal painters．“I saw dolphins paint and elephants paint，so I thought，why not a dog?” Now the money from the dog’s art sales  6  to keep the dog service center open．

       “Sam’s paintings have been   7   at New York galleries （美术馆）．Art lovers have come from far away just to buy his work，” Mary said．“We even had one woman who   8   her dog one of Sam’s paintings as a birthday present．”