Surman renders animals in a manner that reflects our tendency to ascribe human emotion and feeling to other species.

An animal-loving artist has been “putting ... It takes between 40 minutes to an hour to create the paintings, typically on a 7cm by 7cm canvas. The smallest was of a dog on a 3cm by 3cm canvas.

When local artist Gaylen Thompson was asked by his friend and Eagles Club member Todd Smith if he could paint an eagle as a donation for their yearly auction three years ago, he was more than happy to ...