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Artist Notes:
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An American Cocker Spaniel sits in a soft patch of light, holding a small flower the way a dog carries something it doesn’t want to drop—but also doesn’t quite know what to do with. There’s that familiar look in the eyes—open, a little hopeful, completely unguarded. Rendered in a loose watercolor style, the long ears fall in soft, uneven lines, the coat blending into the background as if the edges don’t matter as much as the feeling. Nothing about this moment is posed. It feels like something that just happened—something you noticed because you’ve seen it before. Cockers have a way of offering themselves like this. Not carefully. Not in pieces. Just all at once—attention, closeness, that quiet insistence on being near you. This piece holds that moment—the one where you realize they’ve been there all along, watching, waiting, ready to be part of whatever comes next.
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