I had the idea for this show of a girl reading to a dog as part of the untold stories theme. It matched the stories part and the combination of the two struck me as a story waiting to be told.
The red dress was initially from the fact I used an old fire extinguisher as her torso and the red seemed appropriate( as I have any number of sketches with girls in red dresses.( I must admit I used the red paint for the �red � exhibition and I was delighted with the intensity of the colour).