The collection includes Resting Between Worlds, Weathered Souls, Loyal Heart, Dog Under Summer Light, Coastal Canine Mirage, Silent Companion Abstract, The Wolf, and Spirit Wolf Abstract, alongside The Watchful Friend, which is held in a private collection. Together, these paintings move between recognisable canine forms and looser interpretations in which colour, texture, and gesture carry the animal’s character.
The dog paintings evoke companionship, trust, protection, and shared experience, while the wolves introduce a stronger sense of independence and wilderness. Between these two worlds, the more abstract works dissolve familiar forms into atmosphere and movement, suggesting the enduring connection between the domestic companion and the untamed animal.
Viewed as a collection, Between Companion and Wild reveals the breadth of Alvi’s approach to the canine subject. Differences in realism and abstraction become part of a wider artistic journey – from close observation to imagination, and from the physical presence of the animal to the emotions and symbolic associations it can evoke.









