Christmas Greetings
Reposted
This painting a bit of a departure from Arnold Kramer's typical subject of agriculture. In the forefront, on the left-hand side of the painting, you see one of Arnold's brothers on his knee with a gun. According to Arnold, the gun shot real arrows. The boy is aiming the gun at a pull-toy in the shape of a dog that barked when it was pulled. That was Arnold's gift on Christmas morning. "I was being a big-shot," he told me, "so I told my brother to shoot the dog." He did, and the dog never barked again. "You know," he continued, " I was sorry I did it. It still hurts after all these years." Arnold was in his 90's when he told me that story.
