This one produced one of the most confusing and funny commission conversations I have had so far. When I started in the new position I have with my 9-5 I was training with a guy that worked for Ed. One of those weeks Ed was on vacation and sent this to his crew. I loved the shot even though I had Ed's reputation mixed up with another manager that was not so cool. I hung onto the email knowing I wanted to paint it and thought someday I would ask this not so cool person if he would mind me painting it. I figured I would just add it to my collection. I had mentioned this to some of his employees. Months after that I found out Ed was not the person I thought he was and then had the opportunity to work with him for and extended period of time. I found out that he is very cool, very much an out of the box thinker, and a hell of a song writer and musician. I also got to meet his lovely wife Gay. Not to sidetrack this but they have a very long and obviously very good relationship. They are nice to watch together. Anyway, back to the story. I was speaking to Ed and Gay, he said you know the Bahama toe picture, your going to paint that. I thought one of his guys had told him of my intentions. I said, I was going to ask your permission. I figured that I babbled for a while the way my mouth does when I actually
free form engage my
over thinking everything mind. Then he said "no, I want you to paint it for me". The rest is history. I got to do a cool scene, for very cool people, and get to laugh
every time I think about that conversation.
This time it stands for Labor of Love. Before I started this version I worked on another one for quite a while. It did not turn out so good. That was a little tough to deal with and definitely affected my momentum. Through some soul searching I found a little more of my voice and affirmed that I truly love this medium. 
