I wouldn’t have seen this equation. Not that familiar with Arnold Palmer. My golf experience is limited to miniature.
On the other hand my retreving ball experience is extensive!!
By golly, there could have been a clown in that equation & it still would have added up-or maybe I just have clown on the brain from a day or two ago….
I think the artist painted this from memory. A memory where the dog caught a tennis ball, bit into it, and black oil seeped out, the same black oil which the aliens used to take over people in The X Files, however, instead of taking over the dog, the oil caused an allergic reaction which resulted in a swollen nose, increasing it’s ability to smell bacon a mile away which is why the dog is smiling.
What hell is this
A retriever’s head drifts detached
Amidst a boiling, infernal sky
Legless, immobile to run and fetch
A ball, stuffed into a misshapen smile
Forever paralyzed, forever silenced
What hell is this
I think the artist is selling prints of this because the original hangs in his bathroom with holes drilled strategically through the wall where the eyes are.
All the other portraits have bodies? Maybe the owner of this pet was a hunter of loving if not slightly daft family dogs,and this was his favorite headmount, lost to a natural disaster?? I’m just trying to make sense of why this poor pooch is immortalized eternally in a lake of hell-fire muzzled by a tennis ball, and all the others are romping freely in the park with friends, or swimming across a lake, or laying in front of a cozy fire…
Notice that the ghost spaniel also looks eerily human. Maybe these two are shifters gone awry.
This is nice, the seller donates to a charity:
“A portion of this sale will go to Noah’s Wish, the animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing and sheltering animal victims of natural disasters.”
I’m still laughing at Terry Bradshaw hair reference.
My niece was a bald baby and had the unfortunate luck to grow her hair in long in the back and almost nothing on top (bald mullet). We called her Terry and gave her lots of hats as gifts.
@suda- I agree, it’s nice she donates to animal welfare organizations. Dogs without bodies need support.
@suda-
Good point. If he couldn’t run, how’d he catch the ball?
As for the leash, perhaps it could afix to a nice long nose chain attached to the Klondike bar sized nose?
This just really deeply offends me. Mainly because I have two golden retrievers, whom I worship. And I hate Terry Bradshaw. And also, that thing looks much more like the latter than the former.
I kind of liked this, and I was trying to figure out why, and I just realized that I think it’s because the dog’s nose looks like a square of chocolate.
Perhaps it is an example of dog religious iconography? That is the only explanation of which I can think. If you like it in this form, you would love it in stained glass.
I saw a lion when I looked at this. If I were to try to paint a dog, it would probably be worse. However, I don’t claim to be a painter of pets. Maybe the seller should consider calling them Hybrid portraits. Melding owners and pets into one…
My mum did a portrait similar to this of my old springer spaniel. Background was more tasteful, though. It was brown. And he actually looked like a dog. Oh and he was dead.
April 23, 2010 at 9:37 am
That dog’s facial structure IS quite human…
LOVE that math…lol
April 23, 2010 at 9:42 am
i wasn’t aware that dogs could have receding hairlines.
April 23, 2010 at 9:42 am
I’m sorry, but that dog looks like he’s got some kind of dental appliance in his mouth. (Besides the tennis ball)
April 23, 2010 at 9:43 am
Someone must’ve thrown that ball really hard for it to become embedded in that dog’s face like that!
I dare say that’s animal abuse!
April 23, 2010 at 9:43 am
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April 23, 2010 at 9:45 am
By golly, there could have been a clown in that equation & it still would have added up-or maybe I just have clown on the brain from a day or two ago….
April 23, 2010 at 9:47 am
Wow,
Terry Bradshaw has really gone to the dogs.
April 23, 2010 at 9:50 am
Also,
I’ve never seen a golden with such a large, brown nose unless it’s been eating dog shit in the yard.
If only this print were scratch and sniff…
April 23, 2010 at 9:59 am
Astute, excepting Bradshaw was a quarterback, not a receiver.
April 23, 2010 at 10:01 am
For a still life of a severed dog head laying in a pool of blood, I think it’s pretty good.
April 23, 2010 at 10:02 am
I’d pay $25 for it without the dog.
April 23, 2010 at 10:09 am
NOW I’d buy it!
April 23, 2010 at 10:12 am
April 23, 2010 at 10:14 am
I think the artist painted this from memory. A memory where the dog caught a tennis ball, bit into it, and black oil seeped out, the same black oil which the aliens used to take over people in The X Files, however, instead of taking over the dog, the oil caused an allergic reaction which resulted in a swollen nose, increasing it’s ability to smell bacon a mile away which is why the dog is smiling.
At least, that’s what I get out of this.
April 23, 2010 at 10:14 am
What hell is this
A retriever’s head drifts detached
Amidst a boiling, infernal sky
Legless, immobile to run and fetch
A ball, stuffed into a misshapen smile
Forever paralyzed, forever silenced
What hell is this
April 23, 2010 at 10:16 am
Quite fetching, I must say.
April 23, 2010 at 10:19 am
Regretsy math: A+ Painting: art fail!
So glad I have cats they would never allow someone to paint them so poorly!
April 23, 2010 at 10:20 am
A curious incident of a dog in the night-time, if ever I saw one.
April 23, 2010 at 10:22 am
I think the artist is selling prints of this because the original hangs in his bathroom with holes drilled strategically through the wall where the eyes are.
April 23, 2010 at 10:25 am
All the other portraits have bodies? Maybe the owner of this pet was a hunter of loving if not slightly daft family dogs,and this was his favorite headmount, lost to a natural disaster?? I’m just trying to make sense of why this poor pooch is immortalized eternally in a lake of hell-fire muzzled by a tennis ball, and all the others are romping freely in the park with friends, or swimming across a lake, or laying in front of a cozy fire…
April 23, 2010 at 10:26 am
…well all except the ghost Spaniel http://www.etsy.com/listing/40841863/cocker-spaniel-11×14
Whose floating head can still be seen on foggy nights on the moor.
April 23, 2010 at 10:28 am
Notice that the ghost spaniel also looks eerily human. Maybe these two are shifters gone awry.
This is nice, the seller donates to a charity:
“A portion of this sale will go to Noah’s Wish, the animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing and sheltering animal victims of natural disasters.”
April 23, 2010 at 10:33 am
At first I thought this is dinner ready to be served.
P.s. The painter has a lot of sweet pet portraits in his shop, checked it out and hearted:)
April 23, 2010 at 10:52 am
#14 BAD DOG!
April 23, 2010 at 11:06 am
I’m still laughing at Terry Bradshaw hair reference.
My niece was a bald baby and had the unfortunate luck to grow her hair in long in the back and almost nothing on top (bald mullet). We called her Terry and gave her lots of hats as gifts.
@suda- I agree, it’s nice she donates to animal welfare organizations. Dogs without bodies need support.
April 23, 2010 at 11:09 am
I guess it’s just as well that the dog doesn’t have legs to run away. Where would you put the leash?
April 23, 2010 at 11:11 am
I can’t paint near as well as this…of course I don’t try to sell my “artwork”.
April 23, 2010 at 11:14 am
@suda-
Good point. If he couldn’t run, how’d he catch the ball?
As for the leash, perhaps it could afix to a nice long nose chain attached to the Klondike bar sized nose?
April 23, 2010 at 11:22 am
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April 23, 2010 at 11:23 am
@Wilma, the owner is a good aim.
April 23, 2010 at 11:30 am
It looks like he has a ball gag in his mouth!!!!
April 23, 2010 at 11:34 am
At first take I thought it was Aslan (the lion from the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe), with professionally treated head.
April 23, 2010 at 11:35 am
#30, you’ve been a bad, naughty dog, and deserve to be whipped!
April 23, 2010 at 11:36 am
We need ISUS to photoshop the disembodied dog into that motorized cart!!!
April 23, 2010 at 11:37 am
#32 bwahhhhh hahhhhh!!!!
April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm
@Suda
maybe later 
April 23, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I kind of liked this, and I was trying to figure out why, and I just realized that I think it’s because the dog’s nose looks like a square of chocolate.
April 23, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Iscream, you should do some sorta photoshop including that weird human dog at the bday party and this…
April 23, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Perhaps it is an example of dog religious iconography? That is the only explanation of which I can think. If you like it in this form, you would love it in stained glass.
April 23, 2010 at 1:25 pm
@Razz,
@Suda, this one’s for you:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4546007137_78f463e34c_o.jpg
April 23, 2010 at 1:39 pm
What are you all talking about? This looks EXACTLY like my dog!
I mean, you know… AFTER the accident.
April 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Oh thank you ISUS!!!
April 23, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I saw a lion when I looked at this. If I were to try to paint a dog, it would probably be worse. However, I don’t claim to be a painter of pets. Maybe the seller should consider calling them Hybrid portraits. Melding owners and pets into one…
April 23, 2010 at 6:35 pm
This painting shows her love for lions as well as retrievers. Is she one of those people that dumps ketchup on everything?
April 23, 2010 at 7:45 pm
My mum did a portrait similar to this of my old springer spaniel. Background was more tasteful, though. It was brown. And he actually looked like a dog. Oh and he was dead.
April 23, 2010 at 8:36 pm
…Huh. A painting of a dog wearing a ball gag. Just what I needed in my life.
April 25, 2010 at 1:46 am
This painting is disturbing. I’ll have nightmares about anatomy later.