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| The Old Stomping Grounds 10 x 15.5 inches |
The scene is of an old store, a combination corner store and meat market. The convenience store [that term was not even in use in those days] was right across the street from the local high school, Magee H.S., and was usually packed with kids on school days. The butcher shop next door was small but well-supplied. The wooden floors were sprinkled with fresh cedar shavings. Most of the men who worked there were fond of dogs, and the neighborhood dogs were certainly LOVED of the store. At least once a week, a pack of the local hounds would descend on the meat store and wait outside. Then came the treats, and you would see dogs heading for home with their goodies. I remember watching our family dog, Heathcliff [the name was from Wuthering Heights - I was very dramatic as a teenager] struggling for home, with a bone the size of his head.WOW ... he scored!!!
When I did my interpretation, I placed all our family dogs in the foreground - from left to right, it's Ben [a rescued Bernese mountain dog] Heathcliff [or St. Heathcliff as he is remembered, a whippet/cocker spaniel cross] Ripley [another saint of a dog] and the boxer sisters [Lucy and Desi] Lucy and Desi are the only ones still with us, and they are doing very well, and are quite pampered.
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| Starting re-do - 14 x 21 inches Painting simply, back to front. |
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| I got this far before I saw my mistake; as usual, it's a drawing error. The small diamond-shaped window is off center. |
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| In 2 stages, I used masking tape, and then gently scrubbed with Magic Eraser. I thank John Salminen for his video on removing unwanted color. |
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| Cleaned up, and thin glaze of aureolin applied. |
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| Phthalo green [yellow shade] applied. |
