Oil on museum quality, archival ampersand gessobord™ panel - 6” x 8”Perhaps it was the recent Turner exhibition at the National gallery that compelled me to give my painting such a lengthy title. I am trying to outdo "Steamboat off a harbor's mouth..." There are some reoccurring elements in this painting that I never tire of; nudes, corks, wine and intense red. Puccini's - La Bohème was playing on the stereo when I composed this painting so I guess you can say this piece is about wine, women and song. The turquoise of the vase bridges and tones down the Christmas colors, although the Holly pattern of the Damask still makes me say "Ho, ho, ho!"
