90 x 60cm,
Oil on Canvas,
2025,
single dog-like figure appears suspended and softened by layered brushwork. The painting holds a quiet tension between presence and absence, touching on vulnerability and blurred boundaries in human–animal relationships.
‘The Space Dogs series examines the emotional and ethical tensions in how we relate to animals, drawing on the histories and myths of the Soviet space dogs. These paintings hover between tenderness and control, presenting dogs as vulnerable, spectral figures shaped by human stories. Blending fact, folklore, and memory, the works reflect on agency, dependence, and the quiet costs of domestication - asking what our stories about animals reveal about us.’
90 x 60cm,
Oil on Canvas,
2025,
single dog-like figure appears suspended and softened by layered brushwork. The painting holds a quiet tension between presence and absence, touching on vulnerability and blurred boundaries in human–animal relationships.
‘The Space Dogs series examines the emotional and ethical tensions in how we relate to animals, drawing on the histories and myths of the Soviet space dogs. These paintings hover between tenderness and control, presenting dogs as vulnerable, spectral figures shaped by human stories. Blending fact, folklore, and memory, the works reflect on agency, dependence, and the quiet costs of domestication - asking what our stories about animals reveal about us.’
