Dagmar Dogmar

DAGMAR DOGMAR Acrylic on Canvas | 48" × 54" | 2025

He has seen things. He is not impressed by any of them.

An Afghan Hound of extraordinary bearing reclines on an ornate sofa with the languid, practiced indifference of someone who has been the most beautiful creature in every room they have ever entered and has long since stopped acknowledging it. Above him, a cascade of balloons in every colour imaginable — red, blue, green, yellow, pink, orange — tumbles across the upper canvas like a party that arrived uninvited and decided to stay. A basket of flowers blooms in the corner. The wallpaper is teal and magnificent. Everything is slightly too much and absolutely perfect.

The dog remains unmoved.

Dagmar Dogmar is a painting about a very specific kind of aristocracy — the kind that is born, not made, and expressed most eloquently through supreme, magnificent stillness in the face of absolute chaos. The Afghan Hound as art historical subject, as comedy, as mirror. His fur is painted with the devoted, loving attention it deserves — warm gold and cream, every strand considered, a halo of silken hair that makes the balloons above him look like they are simply there to celebrate his existence.

Which, of course, they are.

Painted with rich, layered brushwork that gives the interior scene real depth and warmth — the teal walls, the ornate furniture, the flower basket — this is Matisse's interior paintings filtered through a very particular sense of humour and an Afghan Hound's complete lack of one.

📦 Shipping & Details

• 48" × 54" original acrylic on canvas
• Signed and dated 2025
• Ships carefully rolled in a professional tube
• Upon arrival we recommend professional stretching and framing
• Prefer it shipped pre-stretched? Contact us before purchasing for a shipping quote at cost
• Certificate of authenticity included

One original. No reproductions. The balloons are there to celebrate him. Obviously.