Artist Reply: Thanks John, I truly appreciate you taking the time to view and comment. I get so many notices about works that you have uploaded. I had two spinal surgeries in 2008, which laid me up for most of that year. I'm hoping, in 2009, to get back to the easel, as much as possible. It's amazing how, when at the canvas, time and pain fades away. You watch the bristles of the brush as it mixes paint to a needed value, then laying it down, layer upon layer; finally, stepping back to view the creation before you. It's medication!....or is it the fumes??? :) Anyways, your constant new additions are a great inspiration. Thanks again.