Tag: dogs
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In the Year of the Tiger
Once again, we’ve come to my birthday. Everybody always say “You’re a St. Patrick’s Day baby”. Recently, though, I’ve been telling people that I’m a St. Gertrude’s Day baby. It’s especially relevant in the Year of the Tiger. Cats. And people. https://www.facebook.com/events/541677760467486/ And a horse. I’m working on a lot of small pictures right now, […]
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SICK AS A ????!!!!!
I spent the week after the festival, sick as a dog with a respiratory flu. But let’s back it up a bit….sick as a dog? Where did that come from? Why does a dog become a simile for illness? Why such a desultory description of such a kind, benign, helpful creature? I did a swift […]
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When in Doubt….
Draw a cat! Cats are fun to draw, and certainly people pleasing art. It’s a win/win! However, why not dogs? When I was working in the LaGuardia Airport branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop, we had a display of cat items. Notepads, notecard, notebooks, everything of note. A customer came in, said […]