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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Lonely Dog
I was introduced to Ivan Clark's Lonely Dog while visiting our dear friends Clive and Marilyn Thompson in New Zealand. I have fallen completely in love with this dog and his story.
Unfortunately I will never be able to afford any of the paintings or even the book, but can follow on-line. There will be a movie at some point in the future and I am so looking forward to seeing it. Possibly then they will have an affordable book for me to buy.
The Lonely Dog's real name is Alfred Snout and he lives in Port Alveridge. Alfred was found at the orphanage, cold and lonely and tucked into a shoe. He has since become a legendary virtuoso rocker.
Unfortunately I will never be able to afford any of the paintings or even the book, but can follow on-line. There will be a movie at some point in the future and I am so looking forward to seeing it. Possibly then they will have an affordable book for me to buy.
The Lonely Dog's real name is Alfred Snout and he lives in Port Alveridge. Alfred was found at the orphanage, cold and lonely and tucked into a shoe. He has since become a legendary virtuoso rocker.
This is a moving story of growing up in a whimsical world in which cats and dogs live side by side in a segregated society with the story building into a complex world with twists, metaphors and social parallels. 
The book I saw at the gallery was called the Almalogue and is truly wonderful (selling at $6,000) As explained on the website, the Almalogue is like an extremely large, ancient book from another world.
As the story goes - The Almalogue book was originally written by the "hounds" and was intended to be a somewhat patriotic book portraying all thing Alveridgean, alongside their national hero, their claim to fame - Lonely Dog (LM).
The Almalogue then went on to be stored in the Alveridge Country Library. The book has since been "stolen" and found once again, not only with all kinds of bits and pieces inserted into it (including postcards and beer mats), but also annotations all throughout it's pages from the "locals" disputing and defacing as they see fit!
There is also evidence that it has spent some time circulating the swanky catside circles of Northern Toleston.
It is an absolutely wonderful book, I could have spent the whole day reading it...ask me sometime about the horrors of pig tossing!
Check out Alfred Snout and his background story at http://www.ivanclarkegallery.com/lonely_dog.html
Enjoy.....
Enjoy.....
Monday, March 22, 2010
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