Most men spend little, if any, time decorating their homes, but I feel very strongly that this is a mistake. A cohesive display of art can really make the home feel more welcoming.
With that in mind, I suggest Dogs Playing Poker. I currently display prints of four out of the nine in the series: Poker Sympathy, A Friend in Need, A Bold Bluff and Waterloo.
You'll want to take care to display A Bold Bluff along with Waterloo. Waterloo, you see, is the conclusion of the scene we're presented with in the former.
In A Bold Bluff, the St. Bernard places a large bet with only a pair of twos. In Waterloo, we see that the bulldog has folded and expressed bewilderment at the outcome of the hand.
In studying the paintings, a couple of things will stick out:
1.) I find it peculiar that the St. Bernard is smoking a cigar, but also has a pipe full of tobacco sitting in front of him. One might expect a classy animal like that to wait to pack his pipe until he'd finished his cigar.
2.) The dogs are all drinking their liquor, presumably a type of whiskey, neat. However, they drink from Highball glasses. The artist may be depicting Old Fashioned glasses. Either way, if serving the drinks neat, I'd expect a snifter.
As you can see, the series is an instant conversation starter!
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