Portrait of a man

This painting is one of several mounted multi-panel paintings created by Barbara, relying on a variety of images to convey a sense, in this case, of the masculine nature of the subject.  He seems to be a white collar worker of some kind, a little vain, but he loves his dog and is maybe just a down-to-earth guy at home.  Know anyone like that?  This is another example of the pleasure Barbara takes in an unusual use of still life to convey not just the beauty of objects but their evocative symbolism of something larger than the object itself.  We humans take some trouble in choosing the objects we wear or surround ourselves with.  They say something about who we are.