Boss Up, 2024

JOHNNY ROMEO

Boss Up, 2024

acrylic and oil on canvas

410 x 410 mm

Always remember to dream big, even when you are a bulldog with aspirations of power and a thirst for empire. In the painting, a boss pup with a serious Napoleon complex realizes their dream of becoming a canine emperor. Dressed as a distinguished nobleman in sharp regalia, the bulldog figure has ‘bossed up’ and transcended the humdrum banality of their everyday life as a household pet. While others may see the canine ruler as simply ‘wearing the emperor’s new clothes’, Romeo’s majestic bulldog knows that he is the real deal.