"An Italian in Paris" import_2022_07_07_121137 the string of lights on

the string of lights on the left

In November of 2006 Nichols Lunch closed after 85 years of feeing Kansas City good old traditional American diner food

and I photographed it on my way home from Barrett-Jackson

and he commissioned me to paint it

"An Italian in Paris" import_2022_07_07_121137 the string of lights onAn Italian in Paris features a Ferrari 250GT California Spyder parked across the street from a sidewalk cafe in Paris, Au Rendez Vous Des Artistes. I photographed the cafe in Paris in 2008 because of its name and the amount of detail in the storefront. It was actually across the street from the famous Moulin Rouge as well as the building in my first Paris work, Breakfast in Paris. I took hundreds of photos of similar cafes that Id like to paint, so if