The lino cut is my medium of choice for the images assembled. I relish these many dogs and the variety of creative response they inspire. I am impelled by the subject to employ a host of technical choices to portray what each  individual brings to the sitting. Sometimes surprises sometimes  poetry , all  to the end of portraiture, an art piece that is decisive and familiar a reward in itself to everyone who  has a heart  to share with one of these captivating spirits.