For two decades, street artist My Dog Sighs has been stalking the streets, cleaning up lost and discarded objects, turning them into eye-catching street art.
It began in the early 2000s, with a mild-mannered teacher from Portsmouth inspired by an accidental interaction with one of street artist Banksy’s stencilled rats in a London subway.
But how (and why) does a picture of respectability with a mortgage and young family go about creating an artistic alter-ego with an egalitarian and environmental mission? And how does he then conquer the art world?
First came the big idea. Rather than trying to cash in on his early artistic creations, the newly named My Dog Sighs created Free Art Fridays, while continuing to go to his job each day as a primary school teacher.
Each week, he would create something with found objects, transform them
