My Dog Thinks I'm a Genius Quotes

“After the boy leaves for school, Louie explodes from art subject to artist. In two consecutive full-bleed spreads, Louie dashes back and forth, racing through paint and leaving footprints...”

“One day, when the boy is at school, Louie tries his own paw at painting a still life. Is this purely an accident, or is Louie a “genius,” just like his master?”

“When he paints a gray building, Barroux’s composition mimics that shape in the foreground as a table spotlighting art supplies.”

″... squeezing paint tubes and holding brushes in his mouth. He’s so busy that he appears four times on each exuberant spread, covered in splotches, streaking paint everywhere.”

“The mostly unseen him background inside the studio glows with color. Only a loose close-up of the Cézanne homage actually appears..”

“Swaths of textured paint and pencil lines feature throughout. Companion Louie, a white dog with a long body, long muzzle and tiny legs, insists upon being depicted in his owner’s work.”

“Louie loves watching his young master paint, and when the boy puts his finishing touches on a particularly good self-portrait, Louie barks enthusiastically.”

“Returning home, the boy stands atop a beige staircase and peers towards a black wall, where the studio door is propped open by a (now multi-hued) dog.”

“I need to paint and draw every day,′ explains a round-headed kid with pencil-hatched hair in this sweet, carefully composed.”

“A young boy who loves to paint comes home to find his dog has been trying out some painting of his own.”