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Oscar by Viv Levy, soft pastels, 2010. 15” x 10” (38 cm x 25 cm).
In 2000 I was walking my Sloughi, Oscar This was my first encounter of Viv Levy.
and Lurcher, Jack on Hampstead Heath in Oscar was a typical Sloughi, pretty off-
London. They were off doing their own hand with most people other than me and a
thing as usual, in and out of the woods and handful of chosen friends. He loved Viv on
hedgerows. I suddenly heard a woman's sight. For the rest of his life, if he spotted
voice cry out "Is this your dog?" her as a pin prick in the distance, he would
shoot off to see her, running circles around
I groaned inwardly. What mischief had they her until stopping for some mutual
been up to now? A woman with a small adoration.
lurcher came crashing through the
undergrowth followed by Oscar and Jack. Viv asked if she could draw Oscar. Of
She pointed at Oscar when she saw me course. She initially did a beautiful portrait
and repeated her question. "Yes", I of him with Jack. In 2004 she was holding
tentatively replied. "He is the most an exhibition and once again asked if she
beautiful dog I have ever seen!!!" she said. could use Oscar as a model.
"He has completely taken my breath away!"
