Sunday, November 7, 2010

A Friend in Need

http://www.nonprints.com/painting/A_Friend_in_Need_5194.html
I'm not the artsy-type.  I almost failed art in elementary school(i couldn't use scissors to save my life).  Even today the only art i can do are weird oblong headded people and the occasional phallus(in emergencies only), sometimes these end up looking the same.  As for looking at art, well the only art i really look at is the Starry Night copy at the bottom of my staircase every morning.  However there is one painting that i see that makes me giggle and say "This is the work of a God."  And that painting is called A Friend In Need.  Most of you know it as Dogs Playing Poker.  Everytime i look at it i just marvel at the beauty and simplicity of it.  I mean check out that link, they're playing poker like real people play poker!  With Tobacco and Alcohol readily at hand and one cheating douchebag.  Most of them appear to have their own separate personailities.  The one on the far left is a chuckling son of a bitch(literally), he's just there to have a good time and pretend he's people, then we go into the more serious players like the one in the middle.  He's not there to fuck around, he wants your dog money so he can go and gamble it away on the people races.  That's what dogs would do in this parallel universe, right?  Then there's the dog with the pipe, he's simply having a bully time.  By stereotypical deduction i would say he's the most educated of the gang.  Unlike that prick with the cigarette in his mouth.  That dog makes me become physically violent. He's winning too which is the sad part.  And he's showing off the fact that he can hold things with his feet.  I like that this painting does teach a valuable lesson though, never trust ugly people.  Anyway i should probably talk about the way it was painted.  I think its a dandy painting, the setting seems detailed, especially the dogs, but i think i explained that already.  The way the lighting should be in the room appears reailistic based on the overhead light in the room and the time it is(2:05, i'd say A.M.because who plays poker in the early afternoon?)   I do notice that one, possibly two of the dogs don't have collars.  Does this mean they're strays?  If so doesn't that mean they're homeless?  If so doesn't that mean they're penniless?  Who plays poker with broke people? But i digress, i still enjoy this painting very much, its a very relatable painting and expresses the good times that people have.

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