When I arrived at Michael’s home to deliver this portrait, his dog barked and barked at me.  I started to put the painting down in order to more properly greet the dog and, hopefully, get her to stop barking.  That’s when I discovered that she wasn’t making a fuss about me but about the portrait.  I was delighted!  That’s maybe the nicest thing a dog has ever said about my work—believing a portrait to be a real person!

I don’t have a dog of my own, but my parents do.  His name is Rouzic Argwellan.