Two Puppies Find a New Home
Two paintings which have been with me for quite a long time have just found the same new home. Even though I'll miss them, it's so much better for them to be out, doing their own thing; running in the fields and gambolling in far-flung meadows. So farewell to them and may they bring much happiness.
I made a post about the top painting, 'Going to See a Man About a Dog' around the time it was completed (2010) but since then, the post has been lost somehow. However, thanks to the Wayback Machine internet archive, I found this snapshot of the text I wrote:
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JUL
Going to see a Man About a Dog When my siblings and I were nippers, ‘I’m going to see a man about a dog’, was very often the answer we got from dad when we asked where he was going. I was sure that one day, he’d arrive home with a puppy, though that never happened. Perhaps it was difficult to find a dog, especially on the way to and from the pub? [Ironic, incidentally, when you consider the amount of dog turds litter…
I made a post about the top painting, 'Going to See a Man About a Dog' around the time it was completed (2010) but since then, the post has been lost somehow. However, thanks to the Wayback Machine internet archive, I found this snapshot of the text I wrote:
5
JUL
Going to see a Man About a Dog When my siblings and I were nippers, ‘I’m going to see a man about a dog’, was very often the answer we got from dad when we asked where he was going. I was sure that one day, he’d arrive home with a puppy, though that never happened. Perhaps it was difficult to find a dog, especially on the way to and from the pub? [Ironic, incidentally, when you consider the amount of dog turds litter…