This week let’s imagine a character with a canine sidekick. Whether that pup is friend or nuisance, I’ll leave up to you.

Alex Colville, Stove, 1988. Silkscreen on paper. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Christopher Wood, ‘Ship Inn’, Mousehole, 1930. Oil on board. Manchester City Galleries, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Gigi Mills, Bird Dog Places His Gift on the Table, 2015. Oil, paper, crayon, graphite on bookboard mounted on panel. Via Gallery Orange.