I hadn't released this throwback until now for various reasons. The painting was conceived by the Artist Ramon Santiago, who was a friend. That is Ramon behind the couch and my big cats, of course, are included. Ramon was an amazing artist who had galleries in Paris, Palermo, Sicily and showed in the USA and London as well as Spain. Ramon died of cancer in December of 2001 before the original painting was done. It was very sad as he was still young. Another artist, who has painted me before, Dino Idrizbegovic of Croatia stepped in and came up with the new concept. In the painting I am holding a pair of cards, ace and jack and that is about it. Two amazing artists, Santiago and Idrizbegovic on one six foot high by twelve foot long canvas. I had it hung today in the private area of my husband's study as a reminder of these two men whom I call friends. This painting in the picture is a reduced size lithograph of the original work of art.
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