Whippet and Red Croton Leaves Original Painting

This is an original, one-of-a-kind painting by Norfolk, Connecticut-based artist John Funt entitled Whippet and Red Croton Leaves, 2019/2025. Featuring a vintage wood frame chosen by the artist specifically for the painting. From the artist: "Having lived with this still life I painted several years ago and feeling the need for an augmentation—the composition now includes a grey whippet with soulful eyes on a French dining chair. I have enjoyed introducing dogs in my recent paintings. Posing (perhaps reluctantly), playing and often lounging, for me they bring a room or a garden to life. Although I consider myself a colorist who enjoys painting flowers, interiors, textiles, patterns, paintings within paintings—each affording endless possibilities—dogs have given my new paintings depth."