Oil on panel showing a woman in a blue outfit shooting behind her back and an old man leans on the rail. From the artist: "This very small oil on panel was based on a single vintage photo of a solitary woman shooting behind her back. I spliced her with an image of me (in the Stetson), and my old 'Fortress America' pool table to complete the scene. The background character is 'Jaybird,' a habitué of Breaktime Billiards in Front Royal, Virginia, who always hectored me to play for cash ('cheese,' in pool parlance). The sign on the back wall, which isn't legible at low resolution, is a deco warning that 'Absolutely No Gambling is Allowed.' Because I took my reference photographs in a small enclosure, getting the perspective on the floor and table was a challenge."
