I booked my biggest commission yet and this one is near and dear to my heart. 

 

My former boss and forever inspiration, wants a painting for her bar and restaurant. It will be of me closing down the very bar  where I spent the last 18 years of my life. I learned so much there. My fondest memories are of those late nights: 2am, the last guest gone, the restaurant is finally quiet. I always found something wildly romantic about having the whole place to myself.

 

Back in 2012, she commissioned me to paint a similar scene for another retiring bartender, and now all these years later, it's my turn!

 

Above is that piece "Closing Time" 2012, oil on canvas