Oscar, of course, has a bed in the studio next to me. Most of the time he sleeps on it, though sometimes (especially when the summer air gets unbearably hot) he sleeps around it. On the day pictured above, he chose to sprawl directly where I needed to stand... fine by me - I just crossed my fingers that he wouldn't startle at something and leap up underneath whatever project I happened to be crafting.
I often refer to the Beast as my studio muse... and when a napping position like the one here begets an afternoon of inspired sketching, it's not hard to see why:
Too funny - I have three dog beds in my house, and my Ridgeback sleeps near all of them, but not quite on any of them. I love your illustrations here. I recently bought a print from an artist in Australia. It's a study of the eight distinctive sleeping positions of the Ridgeback - I'm surprised there aren't more. : )
Posted by: Alison | August 20, 2013 at 10:03 AM