A Study On Booze

My choices in painting are highly speculative if not down-right hypocritical when it comes to boozy bottles. I even have a collection of wine paintings in progress, so why do I paint bottles of wine and cocktail concoctions, and empty bottles? I have to reflect back on my childhood for that answer.

When I was being raised in the 1970's, there was a common theme in some homes and that was a small bar with all kinds of bottles and beautiful crystal glasses and usually a father not so far away with a delicious aromatic pipe close by.

I remember the crystal glasses in every home. Each home had a different style of glassware and some were colorful, and some were clear glasses of all shapes and sizes. I never learned what kind of glass went with a certain type of cocktail, but I learned that well-kept homes had a section of the home known as a "bar" and they were usually beautiful.

One of the strangest of things people say to me about my booze paintings is that they don't drink... and why would I care? I don't drink either to any degree, I really don't even like water...my preference is for good fattening food. So the next time you pass by a bar, I wonder if you'll notice how beautiful bars are?

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