"Take Flight"

OK, so I said I was doing a series on bridges. This isn't technically a bridge, but you get the connection.

This painting is from an awesome photo by Mel B. Many thanks to her for allowing me to paint from her pic!

"Because He Loves Her" (Collection of the Artist)

Yes, the pail really does have that funky shape. It's a coal bucket that my wife's grandfather used in his work in Italy. The painting is called "Because He Loves Her".

I pictured this grizzled old Italian guy stopping on his way home from work to spend a few pennies buying remnants at a flower stand to fill the bucket for his wife.