A lone figure and a Doberman walking the centre line of an empty desert road. Loyalty as a direction rather than a feeling.
- Edition
- 1 of 99
- Sizes
- 15 × 20″ – 48 × 64″
- Frames
- Oak, White, Black, None
- From
- $99
The line does the work
Good Boy is a portrait — a face, held still, looking at you. This is the opposite composition: both subjects seen from behind, walking away, with the road's centre line running out ahead of them until it disappears.
Nothing in the frame is looking at the viewer, which changes what the piece asks of a room. A portrait confronts. This one invites you to follow, and it gives a wall depth rather than presence.
Sculptural desert light and deep contrast keep it from turning sentimental. The dog isn't cute here. It's doing a job.
Where it goes
Size and frame
Seven sizes. The sense of distance is the whole point, and distance needs area — 30 × 40″ minimum for it to read properly. 42 × 56″ and 48 × 64″ at the end of a hallway, where the perspective genuinely extends the room.
Black for maximum contrast, oak if the desert warmth should carry into the frame. White works too, since the image has plenty of light in it — unusual for our monochrome pieces. Sizing detail in the size guide.
Hangs beside
Good BoyThe portrait to this one's landscape. The natural pair.
Always Wear ProtectionThe third of the set, and the sharpest.
RideMonochrome, open road, forward motion.Questions
Does it need to hang with the other Dobermans?
No — it's the one of the three that works completely alone, because it reads as a landscape rather than a breed portrait.
What does the title mean?
“Got your six” is shorthand for covering someone's back — six o'clock being directly behind you. It's about position, not sentiment.
Is it too dark for a bright room?
No. There's a lot of desert light in the frame, so it holds up on a sunlit wall better than our other monochrome work.