The concept of this painting was to attempt to capture in paint the personality and spirituality of this fellow. How do you capture personality and spirituality? It is a matter of bringing the paintbrush out one day at a time, and I am grateful for how well it turned out, and I thank Janice Hindes for her suggestions. It is a "cheese smile," but it is Lefty's cheese smile. I wanted to capture a representation of a spiritual person so that I and others can remember those qualities that he had and to be inspired. Perhaps this is exactly what all portrait artists want to do.
