If the eyes don’t have it, the ears will almost always will. Whatever position they’re in, there’s always a radar-like aesthetic where a dog’s ears are concerned, and it’s no different in this hand-signed giclee on board piece, freshly brought to us – and indeed, you – courtesy of one of the UK’s most promising (and already well on her way to delivering) new contemporary animal art practitioners. Some of you might identify Samantha Ellis’ back catalogue with funkily-etched urban landscapes, yet the versatile young painter has swapped architectural delights for canine face-pulling in her latest Spring 2017 collection of limited edition prints. Entitled, ‘All Ears’ this 20” x 20” Ellis reveal, visually captures the cutest of little dogs intently listening for orders from an unseen owner; and pretty much pictorially sums up a core element of the human bond between man and their best friend.