Man with Knife and Rifle, Dog with Head Turned, Large Paper Print Photo silver-plate There is clipped newspaper text

There is clipped newspaper text glued ( and shellacked over) to the piece on one side

) It is the face--and ears

and revealing carved fingernails

There is a little minor rippling of the needlepoint overall

but they've been galloped around for sure

Man with Knife and Rifle, Dog with Head Turned, Large Paper Print Photo silver-plate There is clipped newspaper textThis one is all about atmosphere, and attitude, for me. I love portraits of people and their dogs, and quite a pair these two, with this fellow looking rather renegade to me. I find the gesture of the dog's raised and turned head the hinge of the whole image: turned as if to register the man's expression and to have an eye on the position of his gun! while also exposing neck and chest in what feels like a vulnerable way. 10" x 6 3 8". Paper print,