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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
Garth,
Back to the doggies.Considering the rather odd and confusing trajectory of art in the last hundred years or so let us give this work its due. Compositionally it works, the viewer is drawn willingly or unwillingly into the scene. The dog fur is highly textural and varied depending on the breed. The smoky mood is effectively conveyed by the restricted and warm palette increasing the conviviality of the scene. Each dog seems to have his own quiet story, generating mystery, that sine qua non of the bona fido masterpiece.
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Well, "Deenie" Goodyear respectfully preserved a strong sense of moral dignity in her life. To her determined sensibilities, it was beneath a dog to enter into an uncultivated activity such as a poker game, let alone to expose one's fair breasts, immodestly sitting tall before the master's table! God rest her noble soul. She was an inspired and devout client, who quietly and piously lived out her years down-east along the blueberry coast of Maine.
Garth