I painted these in Colorado, they are of a couple of the guests at North Fork Ranch. I brought a bunch of extra 12 by 9 canvas/panels in my luggage because I just knew I was going to end up painting some 20 minute portraits. I ended up painting 5 of them and these were my favorites. It's a fun way to remember a moment, a sliver of real time framed for all time. These types of paintings are as much about me as they are for the sitter but I always manage to get something that undoubtedly bears a likeness to them, and I paint them with a lot of verve.