the young garnets over-riding impression of his father was based on a painting of the entrepreneurial man which hung above the fireplace in the familys park avenue apartment : barrel-chested , his white safari shirt hanging half open exposing a proud torso , bronzed and muscular ; a large handle-bar moustache and bright , blue eyes , set wide apart , separated by a broad , uneven nose , crooked like a prize-fighters ; standing in a pose of unashamed pugnacious superiority , one leg slightly raised , resting on a log , in imitation of a big game hunter proudly exhibiting his mastery over his kill , his gaze defiant , staring out from the canvas , mocking all critics , confident of rebuffing all challengers .