Upcycled Vintage Art
Alfa-177 Canine - PRINT
Alfa-177 Canine - PRINT
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“Alfa-177 Canine”
Upcycled Vintage Art painted by Heather Castles
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For this alteration, I imagined I was painting a portrait for a proud dog owner from the planet Alfa-177. The extreme weather conditions of that planet resulted in strange mutations of the animals who lived there. So it’s much like an earth dog, but with a horn, antennae, scaled backbone, and hairless tail!
If you haven’t heard of an Alfa-177 canine before, it made its debut on “The Enemy Within,” one of my favourite episodes of TOS. It was a fun story based on the idea that the transporter was malfunctioning and beaming up two versions of the same being… you guessed it, one good and one evil! Made for some dramatic acting from Captain Kirk! And the dog dressed in this costume with the massive horn and antennae was just wonderfully hilarious… he looked totally not impressed!
The vintage painting I used for this artwork was in rough shape when it came to me… I’m sure someone loved their pekingese very much to have his portrait painted years ago, but it looked a bit scary with its glazed over eyes! The painting itself was covered with grime, and so I cleaned it and was able to get the blue skies and grey stone colours back. Then I had some fun transforming this blind purebred into a sweet natured space dog.
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Original artwork size 40.5 x 51 cm (16 x 20 inch) canvas board
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Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper. Add a wonderful accent to your room and office with these posters that are sure to brighten any environment.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
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