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New art exhibit 'We Were Sheltered' showcases adopted animals from PAWS. Where to view it?

Devon Ravine, Northwest Florida Daily News
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Candace Powell, manager of the Junkyard Dog thrift store in Cinco Bayou, poses with a painting of the two dogs she adopted from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society in 2020. The painting is part of an outdoor exhibit at Junkyard Dog that features some of the animals adopted from PAWS.
Candace Powell, manager of the Junkyard Dog thrift store in Cinco Bayou, poses with a painting of the two dogs she adopted from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society in 2020. The painting is part of an outdoor exhibit at Junkyard Dog that features some of the animals adopted from PAWS.

CINCO BAYOU — Junkyard Dog Gift and Thrift store celebrated its 17th anniversary with a new art exhibit called “We Were Sheltered.”

Located at the corner of Eglin Parkway and Irwin Avenue, Junkyard Dog supports the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society’s mission of caring and finding homes for the thousands of animals that come through its doors every year.

The exhibit is a collection of nine paintings that line a small fence on the side of Junkyard Dog that feature some of the PAWS shelter animals that have been adopted. It is the third outside art installation the thrift store has done since it opened in 2005.

This painting of a cat adopted from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society is part of an art exhibit entitled “We Were Sheltered,” which is on display at PAWS' thrift store, Junkyard Dog, in Cinco Bayou.
This painting of a cat adopted from the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society is part of an art exhibit entitled “We Were Sheltered,” which is on display at PAWS' thrift store, Junkyard Dog, in Cinco Bayou.

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“We’ve had a horse. We’ve had bunnies,” said Junkyard Dog Manager and longtime PAWS volunteer Candace Powell. “This time we have a donkey out there, as well as cats and dogs of course.”

Some of the paintings were done by the animals' owners and some are done by local artists including Toni Dineen, who painted her own dog Daisy as well a portrait of Powell’s two dogs, Sammie and Skye.