Nanook

Delta therapy dogs and their volunteer sidekicks visit our patients several times a week. The Children’s Hospital Foundation facilitates this.

This portrait is of Nanook, an Alaskan Malamute who was a larger-than-life member of the therapy dog team at Queensland Children’s Hospital from May 2016 until his untimely death from illness in May 2020. The artwork honours and celebrates the impact therapy animals have on the lives of the children and young people who are treated at the hospital. Nanook was affectionate, friendly, dignified, loyal, playful, and calm and dearly loved by all who encountered him.

The painting is by Deb Mostert who is well-known as a local artist who captures the depth of character of the animals she portrays.

Oil on linen