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In Memoriam
"
Top Dog"
Sunkota's Painted Tide
"Paint", "Painter Joe",
"Dough Boy"
1998 - 2008
Well, now you look like you're an
angel up there ... Buddy, you always
were.
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In The Watermark Studio, there are
paintings and prints of
lots of dogs, many
are
Goldens, some of them mine, and some
of mine are in more than one
painting. But I painted Paint more
than any of them. He was featured in
the Orvis catalog an unprecedented
four times.
And he graces
every wall in my Studio
Gallery at the Brush Factory in
Centerbrook
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Just after we brought
Paint home, I plopped
him into an Adirondack
chair
during a Christmas Eve
snowstorm. He seemed to
say to me,
“Well, I
don’t know exactly how I
got up here; but the
view is grand!”
"Papa
Bear’s Chair"
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He
annoyed the stink out of
his friend, Teddy,
stealing his balls and
howling for treats.
Teddy taught him to
“Just
be quiet when you
beg!.”
"The
Begging Lesson" |
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We were vacationing on
Connecticut’s Lake
Wonoscopomuc,
and Alex tried to take a
solo canoe voyage , but
Paint wouldn't have it.
At the water's edge, he
barked, loudly and
relentlessly until Alex
rowed back for him...
"A
Dog and His Boy"
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Banished from Alex's
room for being a pest, I
happened by the stairs
to find him wondering,
"Wha'
did I do?"
"Top
Dog" |
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"The
Good
Life"
He had a
mind of
his own,
but a
heart
for
everyone.
He
reminded
us of
what
Samuel
Johnson
wrote
"All
the
animals
except
man know
that the
principal
business
of life
is
to enjoy
it."
Thank
you for
your
good
life,
Painter
Joe.
Godspeed. |
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Copyright © 2008 Karen Killian and The Watermark Studio. All rights reserved.
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