Verbal Transcription Transcript: Red Collar, painted in 2021. Oil on canvas. 7 feet high by 9 feet wide. Two smiling Black women are looking at a small dog, which is being held by the woman on the left. The women are standing side by side and are shown from about knee level upwards. The woman on the left appears slightly taller: the top of her head is cut off by the upper edge of the canvas. Her body and head are angled slightly towards the woman standing beside her. She is looking down at the dog she holds, so her eyes are hidden. She is smiling broadly, or laughing, showing her teeth. Her hair appears to be pulled back into a bun at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white long-sleeved blouse or jacket over a long black skirt or dress. The shorter woman, to the right, is angled towards the left of the canvas and towards her companion. She is looking down at the dog, so the left side of her face is towards us. She has a slight smile. Her hair is long and falls behind her shoulders. She’s wearing a sleeveless dress with vertical stripes in blue, white, red and black. Her left hand – the one nearest us – is in the pocket of her dress. The small dog has short brown and white fur. The woman on the left is clasping it around the middle, with its head at her chest height and its back legs dangling to the level of her hips. Its face and forepaws are directed towards the woman on the right. All four legs are white, and so is the belly, while the upper body is dark brown. The face is half brown half white – the side nearest to us is brown; the side away from us is white, with a brown patch over the eye. It has a white plumy tail. The dog’s fur has been painted with visible brushstrokes. The areas of white fur contain a lot of pink, especially on the dog’s exposed belly. The main background to the figures is a similar pinkish white to the dog’s belly. At the bottom is a band of brown – perhaps suggesting the floor.