"A Dog's Trail" featuring everyone's favourite Beagle, Snoopy from the "Peanuts" comic strip, launched this month in and around Cardiff in Wales. The trail coincides with the new dog rehoming centre in Cardiff, which was completed last year. A Dog's Trust is the charity that is sponsoring the trail with Wild In Art and "Peanuts". When I visited Wales, I noticed that so many people had pet dogs. Dogs Trust cares for stray and abandoned dogs, and their new facilities, complete with under-floor heating, will enable comfort to the dogs while they are cared for and before they find their forever homes. Snoopy is the star of the Cardiff streets this spring, and the sculpture trail is on display until early June.
"The Natural Beauty of Cardiff and Wales" - Linda Scott
I visited Cardiff over Easter weekend in order to see the Snoopy sculptures, which are located in Cardiff, Portcawl, and Caerphilly. When I visited, a few of the sculptures had yet to be placed, but I saw the others. A couple city centre ones had also suffered damage, which is a shame to see.
"They're All Good Dogs" - Matt Joyce
"Self Care with Snoopy" - Alison Howard
"Pow-Wow!" - Jenny Leonard
"Salty Old Seadog" - Judith Chapman
"Cymro" - Rhiannon Roberts and "Let's Get Out and About" - Patternistas
"Papilion" - Kathleen Smith
"Snoop Draig" - Sophie Galliers Art and "Gwlad, Gwlad" - Kayleigh Ashman
"All the Collars of the Rainbow" - Bea Martin and Jack Skivens and "Yr Wydfa" - Kathleen Smith
"Rescue Me - The Dogs of Dogs Trust" - Tasmin McLaughlan
"Celestial Day and Night" - Hannah Morgan and "Bad to the Bone, But a Heart of Gold" - Alternative Aesthetics and "Dogs Day Out" - Emily Hilditch
"Four Seasons of Walking the Dog" - Lois Cordelia
"Hiraeth and Heritage" - Ceri Carlyon and Chloe Hall
"Y Ci Gwarchod" - Louise Jones Art
"Guard Dog" - Mik Richardson and "Flowers Will Always Grow" - Farah Saffari
"Sea for Miles" - Peter Poole
"Kintsugi" - Joe Davies and "Happy Little Clouds" - Lucie Alexander and "Snoopy Dog Vinci" - Amy Bourbon
"Pirate Snoopy" - Susan Webber
"Bark Side of the Moon" - Rachel Hall Illustration and "Snoopy's Spots" - Sandra Webster
"Snoopix" - Tim Sutcliffe
"Quit Dragon Your Heels" - Amy Bainbridge
"Cwtch" - Rhiannon Griffiths and "Daffadog" - Donna Newman
The Snoopy sculptures are placed for eight weeks and will be removed on June 5. Each sculpture is unique and showcases something about Welsh heritage or dogs, and many have been painted by a local artist. Most of the sculptures are in Cardiff, but Caerphilly and Portcawl host a few. There are also miniature Snoopy sculptures painted by schools and community centres across the three areas.
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