Whiting does not change the designs at all, merely cleaning up the lines so they are clear for screen printing. ‘He’s got a dog for every occasion and every product’, he said (). Darwin-based designer Stan Whiting, who was responsible for the creation of the Cheeky Dog label, saw their potential immediately. The humour, variety and originality of Dion’s dog characters are evident in those that are featured in the clip.The clip reveals how Dion, who did not talk and used only a very basic sign language even with his family because of his profound deafness, has found a means of communicating with the wider world through his original and close observations of dogs, translated into drawings.It is through her efforts that Dion’s work is now being marketed as Cheeky Dog Designs, providing money for his future.

While working with him she saw his talent as an artist. She describes him as being a ‘very lonely little boy’, with no interaction with the outside world.

Joie Boulter first encountered Dion Beasley when she was his teacher at Tennant Creek Primary School.

The clip provides an example of a relationship that has transformed the life of a severely disabled boy.

The clip ends with a shot of the Cheeky Dog label. Short interviews with Dion Beasley’s grandfather and aunt and a short scene of Dion with Joie and his sign language interpreter looking at a folio of his work intercut the main interview. Her narration is illustrated with rapidly changing images of T-shirts decorated with Dion’s art, accompanied by techno music. This clip shows an interview with Joie Boulter, the carer for Dion Beasley, a young Tennant Creek artist, talking about his art and the creation of the Cheeky Dog label to market his work.

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