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Artwork Collection D'Atri-Karpis, Sheila With digital objects
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Pickin’ Chicken 1984

Horizontal coloured ink wash painting. The top of the image has a blue sky with white clouds. In the middle of the image, is a white building. The building has two storeys and two sides are visible. The top of the building has a red stripe all the way across. On the front side, a bird sits near the left and two antennas on either side. The other side has a grey chimney reaching from the top of the first floor to the roof. The front side has two upper windows with red panels on the bottom and the other side has four windows with red panels as well. Below the windows are red overhang lights that hang over a yellow sign that stretches across both sides with the name of the restaurant and two chickens. On the other side of the building, there is a red sign with part of the restaurant name and another red sign above. On the front, there are two three-paneled windows with red frames on the first floor and on the other side, there is one three-paneled window with a white and red overhang and one one-paneled window. The other side also has two potted plants in front and a door on the edge. In front of the building are five white Volkswagen Beetles (four of which have a sign on the roof and red writing on the side) on grey pavement. To the left of the building, is a white wooden fence in front of a tree and a brown building. To the right of the building, is a set of tracks with a red and yellow streetcar coming around a curve with wires above and an electricity pole beside it. The painting is in a black frame.

D'Atri-Karpis, Sheila

John Sheene House 1890

Colour horizontal ink wash painting. The top part of the photo is unpainted. In the middle is a brown brick building. The building is two storeys high with a grey slanted roof. The roof on the right side has a brown chimney. Beside the chimney is a tower where the two sides meet with three floors. The tower has a curved white roof and white framed windows. The tower is brown brick at the top but had brown and white paneling below. The bottom of the tower has a white door. On one side of the building, there are eight white framed windows. On the front side of the building, there is a balcony with a white fence and white posts from the overhang on the first and second floor. On the balcony are two people near the tower. There are two more people beside the tower on the roof. Between the posts on the first floor, a green plant hangs. In front of the building are white stairs. Beside the building on the left, is a white driveshed with four windows and three arched entrances. The drive-shed has a grey roof with a brown chimney. Beside the driveshed is a penciled tree and fence. In front of the building, there are three horse and buggies and a few people walking. To the right of the building is a white street sign. The bottom of the painting is light brown. The painting is in a black frame.

D'Atri-Karpis, Sheila