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Maddy Buttling
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new dog


goodbye mitsubishi, 2020 oil on plywood, 15.5cm x 20.5cm A send off to our family car after it broke down for the last time. Cow-hide seats are juxtaposed with the feral fur of a large dog. yellow pillow, 2021 oil on plywood, 9cm x 11.5cm in private collection Frida sleeping. osea, 2019 oil on floorboard, 11.5cm x 15.5cm My first painting of new dog, Frida, as the grief for my old dog began to subside. 6:17, 2020 oil on plywood, 18cm x 30cm in private collection My degree show paintings, ‘6:17’ and ‘10:18’, recorded my dog, Frida, in my bedroom/make-shift studio during the lockdown. Both paintings are titled for the time at which their reference photograph was taken. The same room, the same dog, different time of day. In ‘6:17’ I wake to the dog’s head pressed against me, pushing my duvet-covered legs off the bed. A chest of drawers in the background stores my tiny paintings, made on the plastic-wrapped desk. 10:18, 2020 oil on plywood, 18cm x 30cm in private collection My degree show paintings, ‘6:17’ and ‘10:18’, recorded my dog, Frida, in my bedroom/make-shift studio during the lockdown. Both paintings are titled for the time at which their reference photograph was taken. The same room, the same dog, different time of day. Moving across the bedroom, in painting ‘10:18’ the same dog demurely licks her arse while sat on my pillow.