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It's official "Stinky" is now a member of the Kayak Adventures Team. Stinky has offered to help our team as it reaches outward to the community. More information about Stinky progress will be coming soon. For now Stinky will reveal his/her face along with a short bio about Stinky's creation.
From Portland , Oregon to cyberspace, to his new home in Northville , N.Y. , the lovable canine cartoon character, Stinky, has been in all kinds of situations. Stinky is the headliner for the Stinky Art Company, and is now the star of his own line of merchandise.
Stinky is the creation of artist Samantha Horwood McCullougb. McCullough has lived a very colorful life, living in over fifty locations and has traveled in many countries around the globe. In 1997, upon returning from India , McCullough began working in a laundromat in Portland , Oregon . With no extra money to buy a gift for her boyfriend (and future husband), she turned a discarded old tweed coat into a stuffed dog for a present. At the same time, she was always doodling little dogs. Soon after, she began selling her drawings at the Portland Saturday Market. These included such titles as “Super Stinky”, “Stinky Laundry”, “Stinky Intellectual”, “Stinky on a motorcycle”, and of course “Stinky in the Bathroom”.
“People went crazy for Stinky,” McCullough said. “It kind of took off from there.”
After Sam and her husband , Jason, moved back to his hometown of Northville to raise their family, people were still asking for Stinky items. She started selling Stinky prints and T-shirts on the Internet, but soon the escalating business outgrew their home. She then located a storefront in downtown Northville, giving Stinky room to grow.
For more information and to see Stinky ‘s latest adventure, please visit www.stinkydog.com, or call (518) 863-7051.