Graffiti -Two Greyhounds

The movement of a greyhound is so fluid. Easy, covering ground effortlessly.

I have a galgo Espanol (Spanish greyhound). When I am outside with her she is usually on a 2 metre leash. Her favourite pace is to trot. In horse terms I would call it a working trot. She has the attitude she has somewhere to go. I allow her the length of the leash and if I walk fast (I have long legs) I can keep pace with her and watch her fluid movement. I notice the back paw lands just where the front paw was. That surely has to be efficiency.

I painted the background to this canvas first. The first layer was yellow ochre and you can see small areas of this left exposed by the other layers of paint. I then more or less covered it with white and then had some fun with a large black brush to make some bold marks. That's when I decided to call it Graffiti! I made stencils to add the greyhounds. I did not want to paint them in my usual realistic style and the painting is just as I had first imagined.  :)

See photograph below of the painting hanging in my studio. It is a deep framed canvas and has hanging fixings on the back.