Description
paintings – Bulldog – a dog with a bow tie and a cigar
Wall art seats a French bulldog in the middle of an entirely empty white field with no background and no shadow — modern painting deriving its humour from the seriousness with which the animal is built.
Technique and texture
The colour is laid in thick flat sweeps of the blade so that every patch stays separate and stands off the canvas. Scraps of paper carrying small letters are pressed in between the planes and remain legible in places under the paint. The white ground is smooth and untouched, which is what makes the relief of the animal carry.
The motif
The face is drawn with very few marks — two pale eyes, a pink muzzle, ears set wide apart. A grey bow tie and a yellow cigar in a paper wrapper lettered in small type are the only objects in the picture, and they move it out of animal portraiture into something wittier. With no background at all the dog floats on the white like a cut-out.
Setting and placement
A white ground merges into a pale wall and leaves the colour fragments to act as the only accent, which is a quieter effect than the subject suggests. In a seriously furnished room it supplies the relief — a child’s room, a kitchen, a home office.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thick flat blade sweeps, embedded lettered paper scraps, untouched smooth white ground
- Palette: black, grey, white, red, yellow, blue
- Ideal for: children’s rooms, kitchens, home offices
- Character: witty, graphic, light
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Bulldog with a bow tie: sizes and hanging
Bulldog is painted in 14 sizes, from 40 x 43 to 180 x 195 cm, on a near-square canvas that turns upright from 110 x 120 cm. The dog with the bow tie and cigar belongs on narrower walls: 50 x 50 or 60 x 60 cm beside a door or a kitchen cabinet, 70 x 70 cm above a console about 100 cm wide, 80 x 80 cm over a 120 cm desk in a home office, and 110 x 120 cm on a stairwell wall.
Choose YES under Stretcher and the white canvas with the French bulldog arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. The Frame menu for Bulldog opens at Without frame, so a frame is only added if you select one. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The colour patches of the head and the lettered paper scraps are set with a blade, and the dog is hand-painted, so this painting is not a print.
Common questions about Bulldog
Which size of Bulldog suits a child’s room or a kitchen?
On a narrow wall by a cabinet or door take 50 x 50 or 60 x 60 cm; above a console the bulldog with the bow tie fills 70 x 70 cm well.
Is a frame included with Bulldog?
No, the bulldog on its white field comes unframed unless you pick something other than Without frame in the Frame menu.
How long does delivery of Bulldog take?
For all 14 sizes, from 40 x 43 to 180 x 195 cm, the dog with the cigar takes 15–45 days.
Do you paint Bulldog in another size?
Yes, the French bulldog with the grey bow tie is also painted as a painting made to order in your measurements.
