Details: In this mixed-media portrait, the artist uses layered materials and gestures to create a feeling of looking at a dog through the veil of time, memory, and aging. The brindle-coated, senior dog with a prominent white blaze down its face, dark eyes, and dark ears is the primary subject of the artwork. The layered application of opaque white and yellow scribbles acts as a physical filter to soften the details and obscure the face of the dog, perhaps to symbolize how it is slowly fading from the world. Underneath the chaotic scribbles, a pair of lines resembling an infinity symbol suggests a connection to the spiritual and perpetual. Below the portrait, a large field of green, pink, and orange provides contrast to the darkness of the face, and is filled with abstract shapes. Although this artwork captures a melancholic moment, the background’s burst of colors surrounding the dog suggests that the pet still brings joy, even in its golden years. This layering technique is a poignant nod to the experience of grief and memory—to see the signs of age, while also remembering the years of vitality that once was. This expressive painting is rendered with oil pastel, acrylics and coloured pens.