Art — INDIE BOOK AWARD Book

First Watch features full-color paintings by Sophia Scull

Charlie's arrival changed everything.

Charlie's arrival changed everything.

A Shiba Inu dog on a sailboat.

A full moon spotlighted them as they buried their leathery white eggs.

A full moon spotlighted them as they buried their leathery white eggs.

Mother turtles laying their eggs.

"Name's Flint. I'm just across the way from you," the bear said.

"Name's Flint. I'm just across the way from you," the bear said.

A Rottweiler dog.

The motorcycle roared like a jet.

The motorcycle roared like a jet.

A bulldog in a motorcycle sidecar.

Surfing ‘human free’ is another matter entirely.

Surfing ‘human free’ is another matter entirely.

Dalmatians surfing, bulldog surfing and labradors surfing and dogs surfing.

Vader growled and slid down into the ditch.

Vader growled and slid down into the ditch.

A German Shepard dog in a tropical harbor.

A fat purple scar wandered along his cheek and disappeared under a grey nylon skullcap.

A fat purple scar wandered along his cheek and disappeared under a grey nylon skullcap.

Men who are poachers.

Something out in the ocean began to glow.

Something out in the ocean began to glow.

Lights and the full moon on the ocean.

'You ever try to herd cattle in Australia? Huh?'

'You ever try to herd cattle in Australia? Huh?'

An Australian Cattle Dog herding.

They crouched low as the men passed.

They crouched low as the men passed.

A dock at night with men walking.

Fear stalks dogs just as it haunts people.

Fear stalks dogs just as it haunts people.

The eye of a Shiba Inu dog.

“I need you inside that second cage before someone hears us.”

“I need you inside that second cage before someone hears us.”

Dogs digging under a fence.

“Its some kind of crazy surfing dogs.”

“Its some kind of crazy surfing dogs.”

Surfing dogs and dogs with lights.

For a moment, with green eyes closed, he was only darkness.

For a moment, with green eyes closed, he was only darkness.

A black cat with green eyes.

It dangled, tail in the air, like a giant toddler about to go down a slide.

It dangled, tail in the air, like a giant toddler about to go down a slide.

Orca whales and poachers.

Then the commotion began.

Then the commotion began.

Dogs jumping on poachers.

“We are ghost trackers. Follow my lead.”

“We are ghost trackers. Follow my lead.”

A Shiba Inu and a Redbone Coonhound dog.

FIRST WATCH took every meeting seriously.

FIRST WATCH took every meeting seriously.

German Shepard, Labradors, Rottweiler, Australian Cattle Dog and Redbone Coonhound on a dock.

With dignity, Captain Kegun Hatsukami bent forward.

With dignity, Captain Kegun Hatsukami bent forward.

Coast Guard officer on the beach.

It was not a cry that any creature on that beach had ever heard.

It was not a cry that any creature on that beach had ever heard.

A Shiba Inu dog scream and howl under full moon.

Why, the black cat asked himself, should he bother with friendship?

Why, the black cat asked himself, should he bother with friendship?

A black cat on a dock with ocean, octopus and manta ray.

They ran, tiny racecars headed for the sea.

They ran, tiny racecars headed for the sea.

Green turtle hatching from it’s egg.

Charlie’s life slowly became all tangled up in the roots of other lives.

Charlie’s life slowly became all tangled up in the roots of other lives.

Shiba Inu dog on an ocean beach.

A full moon spotlighted them as they buried their leathery white eggs.

"Name's Flint. I'm just across the way from you," the bear said.

The motorcycle roared like a jet.

Surfing ‘human free’ is another matter entirely.

A fat purple scar wandered along his cheek and disappeared under a grey nylon skullcap.

Fear stalks dogs just as it haunts people.

“I need you inside that second cage before someone hears us.”

“Its some kind of crazy surfing dogs.”

For a moment, with green eyes closed, he was only darkness.

Then the commotion began.

With dignity, Captain Kegun Hatsukami bent forward.

Why, the black cat asked himself, should he bother with friendship?