Jonathan David Hall, Wistful Pup, 2020

This is one of the winning artworks from the 2020 Pets of the Pandemic exhibition, juried by art historian David Cohen, publisher and editor of Artcritical.

Jonathan David Hall

Wistful Pup, 2020

oil on canvas

Hand signed on the lower right front

In Custom hand-made frame

22” x 17” x 1”

Artwork alone

18.5” x 14.5” x 0.75

Artist's Statement:

Here’s Peter, our beloved twelve-year-old mutt that we adopted when he was a puppy. We’ve all been going slightly stir crazy during lockdown but having Peter around to keep us company has made the circumstances more bearable. We captured this photograph of Peter longing to be outside early on in the pandemic and thought it was a perfect depiction of how we all feel during these trying times. Since society has begun re-opening, he has spent less time in front of the window, and more time helping us explore Upstate New York’s great outdoors which has helped all of us both physically and mentally. .”