Dino is a Border terrier belonging to Michael Pequez, a casual acquaintance of the artist at the Hotel Chelsea in New York. Remfry was particularly struck by Dino’s character and his different coloured eyes.

David Remfry is a long-established Royal Academician, who has had over fifty solo exhibitions, including shows at the Contemporary Art Center P.S.I. New York, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum and the Ferens Art Gallery.

Until recently the artist lived at the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York and he was awarded the M.B.E. for services to British Art in America.