Original artwork description:

This painting captures a fleeting, surreal moment: a Dalmatian mid-air, leaping through a circus hoop, leaving its spots behind like scattered fragments of identity. Set against a dreamlike backdrop, the image evokes a sense of transformation and vulnerability beneath the guise of performance.
It plays with change as the familiar call to action while subverting it into a personal reckoning. As the Dalmatian jumps through the symbolic hoop—a classic emblem of obedience and expectation—it sheds what visually defines it. The dog’s joyful momentum contrasts with the almost ghostly trail of spots, calling into question what must be released in the pursuit of acceptance or progress.
Rendered in expressive brushwork and saturated colour, the circus pedestal and hoop reference spectacle and showmanship, yet the fading spots introduce a quieter narrative: change is often accompanied by loss. This painting explores the cost of transformation—how, in striving to become something new, we risk erasing what makes us unique.
At once playful and poignant, this piece invites viewers to reflect on the invisible pressures we leap through and the parts of ourselves we leave behind in order to move forward

Materials used:

Oil on canvas