The Buffet

The design of this painting is of realistic influence. It could be said that the man laying down out front of the bar is a metaphor for a man down on his luck. Truth be told, the Buffet Bar in Tucson, Arizona always, without fail, has someone passed out in front of the doors. These people tend to be the homeless that live around Fourth Avenue. This bar draws the destitute, who are regulars, and the college crowd at the same time due to its design. It is the stereotypical dive bar, with five dollar pitchers and holes in the wall, but it is also much more than that. Being the city's oldest continually running bar, it has a sense of history. This history can be felt upon entering the bar and the observer will see thousands of scribbled graffiti marks on the walls from seventy five plus years of drunken scribblings. This bar and painting is beautiful in its thematic design for the simple fact that is has none.