Gary Bunt (British, 1957-2025) A Fisherman and His Dog signed 'GARY/BUNT' (lower left); further signed, titled, dated and inscribed '2023/A FISHERMAN/AND HIS DOG/AWAITING THE TIDE/MY OLD DOG BY MY SIDE/BY THE POTS AND NETS/HE LAYS/DOWN BY THE SEA/IS THE LIFE FOR ME/OH HOW I LOVE THESE/DAYS/GARY/BUNT' (on canvas verso) oil on canvas 101.5 x 121.5cm (39 15/16 x 47 13/16in). together with assorted hand-painted ceramics by the same hand and decorative items featured in the composition Provenance With Saatchi Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, September 2023 Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Saatchi Gallery, The Simple Things, 19-23 September 2023 'This painting, which ruminates on the life of an old fisherman and his beloved dog, is full of nautical imagery. The large and beautiful abstract on the right is Roger Hilton's May 1961. Below it, Bunt has included an old railway lamp, a model lighthouse and boats, and a vintage tin house. The window ledge is graced by Bunt's Alfred Wallis-inspired jug, a group of pebbles collected on the south coast, a copy of Virginia Woolf's experimental novel The Waves (1931), and a figure of a fisherman and his wife knitted by the artist's mother Ivy Bunt.' (Saatchi Gallery, Gary Bunt: The Simple Things, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2023)