I had a lot of fun making these sculptures. They’re for anyone who’s ever locked eyes with a dog across the street and felt like something in the day just shifted. Whether they live with us or pass through our orbit, dogs have a magical way of showing up right when we need them, even if we didn’t know we did.

There’s something quietly radical about how dogs love. They don’t care what kind of day you’re having, what you look like, or who you’re trying to be. They’re just there—curious, present and at times slightly chaotic. For a lot of people, especially marginalised ones, that kind of steady presence means more than we tend to say out loud.

These works are about all kinds of dogs: the stubborn ones, the scruffy ones, the ones who act like tiny celebrities on their daily walk, The Mutts.. Some are based on the dogs I know, others on those quick street encounters that somehow stick with you—a tail wag, a pause, a moment of quiet recognition.

August, with International Dog Day and National Dog Month, feels like the right time to celebrate them. Dogs don’t ask much. They just remind us to be in the moment, to keep going, and to maybe take the long way home.