D. Hanchar, 18" x 25"
This scene straight out of Hemingway is painted on canvas stretched over masonite and chipboard. Consequently, it weighs about 20 pounds. It's always a bit awkward when an artist chooses to paint his subjects from the back (see "Girl in Shorts Sliding Down Wooden Bannister" in Gallery II), but in this case it makes perfect sense. You can almost hear the sailor's grizzled voice tell the young boy about his seafaring adventures of days gone by as the boy's dog sits nearby, hypnotized by the old stranger's voice. Not a favorite, but again, a painting that seems to make sense for me when placed in the bathroom milieu (maybe it's the aquatic theme). This painting sat above the toilet in my last apartment for many years. However, since I was always worried about the weight of the painting causing it to fall and decapitate some hapless houseguest, it did not make the cut during my last move.