Dog Only Knows
The Dog Portraits of Alison Friend
Published on 21. October 2025
224 pages
978-1-64829-480-8 (ISBN)
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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
Dog Only Knows is the perfect gift for dog lovers, featuring over 125 irresistible portraits by acclaimed artist Alison Friend-each uniquely mischievous, funny, and full of personality.
Meet Midge, who keeps her mind sharp with a Rubik's Cube. Alan, who looks like a million dollars in his new harness. Lola, whose motto is "People to see, bums to sniff." Chupa Chops-how did he unwrap that lollipop? The oh-so-earnest Clive, who does everything-biscuit eating, squirrel chasing, ball fetching-with a single-minded focus. Irrepressible Debbie, who loves cocktail night, and Little Louis, a chain-smoking existentialist who can't stop chewing over the canine condition. Usually with an espresso.
Welcome to Alison Friend's world of dogs, a singular and very special place created by an artist with a unique gift for depicting that ineffable thing we call "character"-dog characters, actually-using oil paint, empathy, techniques of the Old Masters, and an imagination like no other. With their big expressive eyes and Mona Lisa smiles, charming habits and childlike pleasures, the subjects of these portraits seem all too human yet fantastically doglike.
Perfectly capturing-as Little Louis would tell you-the canine condition, like you've never seen it before.
Dog Only Knows is the perfect gift for dog lovers, featuring over 125 irresistible portraits by acclaimed artist Alison Friend-each uniquely mischievous, funny, and full of personality.
Meet Midge, who keeps her mind sharp with a Rubik's Cube. Alan, who looks like a million dollars in his new harness. Lola, whose motto is "People to see, bums to sniff." Chupa Chops-how did he unwrap that lollipop? The oh-so-earnest Clive, who does everything-biscuit eating, squirrel chasing, ball fetching-with a single-minded focus. Irrepressible Debbie, who loves cocktail night, and Little Louis, a chain-smoking existentialist who can't stop chewing over the canine condition. Usually with an espresso.
Welcome to Alison Friend's world of dogs, a singular and very special place created by an artist with a unique gift for depicting that ineffable thing we call "character"-dog characters, actually-using oil paint, empathy, techniques of the Old Masters, and an imagination like no other. With their big expressive eyes and Mona Lisa smiles, charming habits and childlike pleasures, the subjects of these portraits seem all too human yet fantastically doglike.
Perfectly capturing-as Little Louis would tell you-the canine condition, like you've never seen it before.
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Alison Friend is an accomplished artist whose oil paintings combine the timeless techniques of the Old Masters with a playful contemporary twist, capturing the humanlike antics of cats and dogs. Her distinctive anthropomorphic animal portraits have garnered widespread acclaim, leading to exhibitions across the United Kingdom, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. Alison lives with her son in the Lake District in England. For more, visit alisonfriend.com or find her on Instagram at @mcfriendy.
