Karen Bailey

Horseplay
Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 152.4cm, 2016
Available

Play is an important part of a pup's life. Each week Stanley attended an obedience class with other guide dog puppies, all Labs, including two of his siblings. The instructor allows twenty minutes at the start of the class for unrestricted group play. When dogs play together there is no place and no time - the only thing that exists is pure joy. This is as true for service dogs as regular canines - when guide dogs play they let their hair down.


Current Work Raising Stanley StoryTellers Nuit Blanche (2013) Official Portrait of Michaëlle Jean 27th Governor General of Canada (2012) tea/leaves (2010) Afghanistan (2007-09) (Canadian Forces Artist Program) Blanche Dot Doris (2008) Doris (2008-10) Marjorie (2006-07) Cut (2005-07) Assortment (2009-2016) guest artist Barbara Bailey Triage book Exhibitions & news studio Biography Contact	Raising Stanley	Self Portraits Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Past Series Are You Being Served? small 2005 Are You Being Served? 2004-05 New Directions Interiors Shopfronts Still Life Gouache Book Illustration Heraldry

	Horseplay Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 152.4cm, 2016 Available Play is an important part of a pup's life. Each week Stanley attended an obedience class with other guide dog puppies, all Labs, including two of his siblings. The instructor allows twenty minutes at the start of the class for unrestricted group play. When dogs play together there is no place and no time - the only thing that exists is pure joy. This is as true for service dogs as regular canines - when guide dogs play they let their hair down.