The inspiration for this painting was a day that I spent with a friend a couple of months ago. The big surge of Delta in Florida was finally waning, and we decided we needed a day to relax and just be. She has a dog and I have a cat. I went to her house (without my cat) and she and I and her dog hung out and talked and drank wine in her beautiful yard. It was lovely. This painting “To Friendship” came from that day. As I was working on it, I realized that it could be about any of my friends with dogs. And then I realized that the painting was, more than anything, a tribute to friendship, to all my women friends near and far. My women friends are my sisters and time spent together talking, laughing, sharing stories and confidences is a treasure. In the painting I changed the drinks to martinis because I love the shape of martini glasses. She and I don’t look like these women, nor do the cat and dog look like our particular furry family members, but that is the joy of creativity. We take from life, filter it through our personal muse and see what evolves.
