When I was little, we used to eat in a restaurant with this picture on the wall.
Every so often, one would go on a visit and find this picture or one very like it in the family room. I believe it was considered to be quite humorous. I saw this one in the game room at a retirement center. They also had this one, which I had never seen before.
So I guess the classics never die, eh? Although it’s been many a long year since I’ve seen “Pinky” and “Blue Boy” anywhere.
Picture ganked from Daisy Fairbanks Vintage, which GO THERE.
WRITING PROMPT: What sort of art — or “art” — is popular among the general public in your fictional world?
MA
Mary Montague Sikes - Monti
August 27, 2011 at 11:54amMarian, I’ve seen the top dog before but not the other one!
Strangely, I don’t often use art in my books. However, in my first novel, Hearts Across Forever, a painting of Rose Hall Great House became part of the plot because of what happened when my heroine saw it.
Writers can use art in a lot of different ways. The dog paintings could create some real stories all my themselves!!!
Monti
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Marian Allen
August 28, 2011 at 6:41amYou used art in Night Watch! 🙂
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Impossiblesheepdog
August 15, 2016 at 6:40pmThe big dogs at the table playing poker and the other big dogs at the pool hall playing pool.
Marian Allen
August 16, 2016 at 8:20amYES! Icons of my childhood. lolol
Olivia Wiliams
January 7, 2017 at 3:56pmHi Marian,
The big dogs at the table is a classic,I would always pick that one!
jeevan shetty
May 25, 2018 at 2:42amHi Marian, yes every one love childhood memories, even I had one I will share with you. In childhood, I used to collect matchbox with dog photos on it, Thank you for reminding my childhood memories.
Jeevan Shetty
Marian Allen
May 25, 2018 at 11:23amDid you keep your matchboxes jumbled in a box, or mount them?
Jeevan shetty
June 5, 2018 at 6:17amHi Marian, Sorry for the late reply. Actually, not both, every photo on matchbox has a point on it and used to compete with each other who has more points will have the opponent matchbox photo similar to pokemon go game. Hope you got it.
Marian Allen
June 5, 2018 at 2:15pmOh! Thanks! That sounds like fun. It sounds like something my youngest daughter would have enjoyed when she was collecting Matchbox cars. 🙂
Scott
February 24, 2019 at 7:55amI love those old photos of all the dogs playing pool. I used to see them a lot in pubs in the UK, it really takes me back 🙂
Marian Allen
February 24, 2019 at 8:48amScott, your site makes me wish I had a dog!