A Dog A Day began lifewith aFacebookpost in 2013:'My name is Sally Muir and this is a new gallery where I will add a dog drawing/painting every day,adding up to a massive 365 day dogfest.'As the Facebook page grew in popularity,so did Sally's dog portraits,leading to commissions,exhibitions at prominent galleries,and dog sketching events at venues including Anthropologie - who went on to commission an incrediblysuccessfulcollection of dog-a-day crockery and textile-based household accessories.
Drawing on artworks from the site,A Dog A Dayis a lovingly curated collection and celebration of dogs. Containing 365 beautiful artworks of dogs of all shapes and sizes (big,small,pedigree,cross breed),the book includes a range of exciting mediums from loosely worked sketches,lithographs and potato prints to finished oil paintings. Delightfully packaged,this is the perfect gift for all dog lovers.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9781911216919Weight: 570 gDimensions: 185 x 135 x 31 mm
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'Muir's dog portraiture...demonstrates the artist's technical range and her keen understanding of essential doggishness....Muir's mastery of the expressive capacity of the canine eye in particular makes these paintings live and pant.'
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