An inspirational man I was fortunate to work with called David Ramsden, opened up a restaurant called 'The Dogs'. My gift to him, a moving in present was this painting. The composition is from a painting by Paul Gauguin that hangs in the National Gallery at the Mound in Edinburgh. His painting has two angels wrestling, surrounded by peasant onlookers. My painting changes the forest clearing by Gauguin for a table and the figures into dogs, creating havoc and being involved in some congregation of sorts. The actual dogs featured are from photos David sent me, of his beloved companions present and past. They are slightly abstracted as the paint and energy is allowed to be seen.
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