ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- "I've done everything from sales to marketing, accounting," said Emily Griffith. But one day nine years ago, long after most people have chosen their life's path, Griffith found a new one.

"I was early in my 40's, and I had no idea I knew how to paint," she said.

Turns out Griffith was a natural, and even though she calls a first painting of her dog primitive, it's still better than most people could ever do.

"The more you paint, the more your eye gets trained," she said humbly.

Almost 1,000 paintings later, Griffith is a renowned painter -- of pets.

"That's what I'm known for is capturing the dog's personality," she said.

Especially when that dog is the dawg -- Ugga. Griffith has painted Uggas 7, 8 and 9.

She also painted actress Tori Spelling's dog, who died.

And she's painted hundreds of not so famous pets, no less adored by their owners.

ATHENS, Ga. -- The Georgia Museum of Art will host an exhibit featuring 80 prints by Francisco de Goya.

The "Disasters of War" series depicts the lengthy Peninsular War between Spanish forces and Napoleon Bonaparte's French invading army. The exhibit will run Aug. 18-Oct. 28.

The series focuses on three historical phases - the war with France, the famine that ravaged Madrid from 1811-12 and the rise of Ferdinand VII. Ferdinand ascended to the throne in 1814 after Bonaparte's fall. The prints are one of the earliest attempts by an artist to record history as it was unfolding.

Goya is regarded as one the most important Spanish artists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The prints were given to the museum in 1985.