Australian Shepherd

Despite the name, the Australian Shepherd was bred on ranches in the American West, developed by Basque shepherds who arrived by way of Australia to work sheep in nineteenth-century California. They are quick-thinking, quicker-moving, and built for a full day's work. Life with an Aussie means a dog that reads your intentions before you've finished the sentence, and invents a job if you fail to give it one.

Each portrait is an original watercolour: confident, visible brushstrokes on cold-press paper, in the tradition of natural-history illustration rather than smoothed-over digital art. Real paper grain, real pigment variation, the occasional soft bloom where wet colour met wet colour.

This portrait keeps the dense, weather-ready coat and the sharp, appraising stare of a dog already sizing up the flock.

Available coat colourways: Golden, Black, Cream and Brown - match the portrait to your own dog, or simply choose the one you love most.

What's included - choose your format:

• Digital Download - a high-resolution JPEG, sent to you by email as soon as your order is confirmed. Large enough to print at A1 (59 x 84 cm) at 300 dpi with room to spare, and yours to reprint whenever you like.
• Archival Matte Poster - printed on heavyweight, fade-resistant matte paper by our US print partner, Today's Graphics, quality-checked by hand and shipped protected in a rigid carton. Built to hold its colour for decades.

Sizes & pricing:

For anyone who has been out-strategised by a dog technically employed as a pet.