Scene from the Fifties
by Janette Boyd
Title
Scene from the Fifties
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo/texture/digital
Description
Photo taken from inside of a Long John Silver Restaurant in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Texture added using Corel Paintshop's effects with brushes and blending techniques.
Featured by the following FAA Groups
*Out of the Ordinary
*Art is Good for You
Long John Silver's, Inc., is a United States-based fast-food restaurant that specializes in seafood. The name of the brand is borrowed from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the pirate "Long John" Silver is one of the main characters. Formerly a division of Yum! Brands, Inc., the company was divested to a group of franchisees in 2011.
Earlier restaurants were known for their Cape Cod-style buildings, blue roofs with square cupolas, and nautically-themed decorations such as seats made to look like nautical flags. Most early restaurants also featured separate entrance and exit doors, a corridor-like waiting line area, food heaters that were transparent so customers could see the food waiting to be served, and a bell by the exit which customers could "ring if we did it well." Many of these buildings had dock-like walkways lined with pilings and thick ropes that wrapped around the building exterior. Somewhat newer restaurants kept the basic structural design and theme, but eliminated most of the interior features. The contemporary, multi-brand outlets do not use the blue roofed Cape Cod-style buildings. All locations continue to have the "if we did well, ring the bell" bell by the exit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver%27s
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June 11th, 2015
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Comments (8)
Beverly Guilliams
Fabulous image,detail,50's touch and texture....Absolutely Fab.............v./f.
Janette Boyd replied:
Thank you so much, Beverly! Your opinion is valued by me and I appreciate you visiting my artwork! Appreciate the vote and fav, too!
Dawn Kori Snyder
Incredibly interesting to look at. Very nice work. L/F
Janette Boyd replied:
Thank you so much for your nice comment, L and F, Dawn. I thought the scene was interesting, too!
Reynold Jay
Hi Janette--The title sucked me in and then the textured effects make this a BING WINNER!!!! FAV.
Janette Boyd
Thank you, Nina, for the feature in "Art is Good for You". Always appreciate your features.