The Big Squeak Toy in North Beach

This is a painting I did in 2011 when I was began doing still life's.  It was in Aria a wonderful antique store in North Beach.  Aria is no longer there, a victim of rents in the new San Francisco.  The toy is 8" tall and the painting is 65" x 35".  This piece made me feel like a Painter for the first time.  I could  change what is there into something else.......