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Doofus Art… Part VIII

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic of 2019/2020. This is the eighth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

October 2020 (cont.)

Doofus and the Duck present, as part of their on-going series of solo works, their interpretation of one of the versions of French Classical artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin renowned paintings of children at play, entitled “Soap Bubbles (c. 1734),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as Henri BonFromage, Marquis de Chedderville, and featuring the Purple Hippo as a Petit Garcon in a Phrygian Cap Who Want A Go!

Doofus Art… Part IX

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic of 2019/2020. This is the ninth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

December 2020

Doofus and the Duck present their tableau of famed Russian-French Modernist painter Marc Chagall’s self-portrait with his wife, entitled “The Promenade (1917),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as Bella Rosenfeld, Author, Wife, and Mother

Doofus Art… Part X

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, now continuing into 2021. This is the tenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

January 2021

Doofus and the Duck present, as part of their Raise The Flag series of Patriotic Australian Paintings, their tableau of famed Australian Impressionist (known locally as the Heidelberg School) Frederick McCubbin’s well-known and popular work, entitled “On the Wallaby Track (1896),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as Barney “Lightnin’ ‘Ands” McGowan, an itinerant shearer, and featuring the Purple Hippo as The Kid

Doofus Art… Part XI

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, now continuing into 2021. This is the eleventh installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

March 2021

Doofus and the Duck present, in honour of the recent US Conservative Political Action Conference 2021, their tableau of a drawing by seminal Romantic English poet, painter, printmaker, and touched visionary William Blake, entitled “The Last Trump (c. 1780-85),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as The Cool Cat Playing the Note that Resurrects the World

Doofus Art… Part XII

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, now continuing into 2021. This is the twelfth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

April 2021 (cont.)

Doofus and the Duck present, in honour of the 2775th anniversary of the founding of Rome by Romulus, their tableau of a painting of Arcadia by the French 20th Century master, and noted Fauves, Henri Émile Benoît Matisse, entitled “Le bonheur de vivre (1906),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as Sasha de Lanterne-Rouge, and featuring the Purple Hippo as J.J. Cool

Doofus Art… Part XIII

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, now continuing into 2021. This is the thirteenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

June 2021

Doofus and the Duck present, in honour of all of those born on this day (including one of the founder sponsors of the Company), their tableau of the multi-talented American humourist, author, and illustrator Sandra Boynton’s most iconic images, created for the Recycled Paper Greetings card company, entitled “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes (1975),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as The Bird, and featuring the Purple Hippo as The Hippo, Shaun the Sheep as Ewe No. 1, and introducing the Little Sheep as Ewe No. 2, and the Little Blue Men as The Tune

Doofus Art… Part XIV

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, now continuing into 2021. This is the fourteenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

July 2021 (cont.)

Doofus and the Duck present, in the understanding that as one of the few Arts Companies allowed to operated during Sydney’s strict COVID-19 lockdown they have a moral obligation to bring sunshine and happiness to the world, their tableau of one of the Dutch post-Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh’s most celebrated works, entitled “Sunflowers (1888),” starring the Company as The Flowers

Doofus Art… Part XV

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing through 2021. This is the fifteenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

August 2021 (cont.)

Doofus and the Duck present, as part of their on-going series of great illustrators and in commemoration of the 191st anniversary of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, their tableau of a water colour scene by the 20th Century American artist Tasha Tudor for an edition of English author Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s book “Wind in the Willows,” entitled “Toad sat straight down in the middle of the dusty road. (1966),” featuring the Purple Hippo as Mr Toad, The Little Green Giraffe as Ratty, and the Little Sheep as A Distressed Draft Horse

Doofus Art… Part XVI

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing through 2021. This is the sixteenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

October 2021 (cont.)

Doofus and the Duck present, in honour of all those who have walked the O Camiño de Santiago (The Way of St James) to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia and in presage of Australia’s contribution to the upcoming COP-26 Talks on Climate Action, their tableau of a work by living Canadian watercolor artist Catherine McCoy (completed as part of her pilgrimage), entitled “Botafumeiro of Santiago (2015),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as Sant Iago (St James the Great) in the Guise of a Pilgrim; and featuring the Purple Hippo, the Little Sheep, China Baby, and Fluffy the Three-Headed Dogs as The Tiraboleiros; and introducing the Thurible of St Francis of Assisi Church (Paddington) as the Mighty Botafumeiro de Compostela

Doofus Art… Part XVII

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Introduction

The continuing art adventures of Doofus and the Duck and their Company of players, as created by my wonderful wife Emma during the time of quarantine: the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing through 2021. This is the seventeenth installment of works, the Company remaining at the height of their creative endeavors.

Without further ado, back to the Doofus and the Duck…

December 2021

Doofus and the Duck present, as part of their occasional series of Iconic Screen Images, and in honour of the birthday of one of the Company’s earliest and most loyal supporters, their tableau of a famous scene from the BBC’s Andrew Davies/Simon Langton award-winning television adaptation of the much-loved Jane Austen novel, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, entitled “Pride and Prejudice – Surprise Meeting at Pemberley (1995),” starring the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot as The Prideful and Prejudicial, though Very Handsome and Rich, Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy