It really started as a painting of Tucker the Cat and turned into Santa. I like to do a Santa painting at the "hols". This is about 12 hours of work scattered over lots of days - with the big push to get done around Thanksgiving time. I was painting in my open garage at home to get the late afternoon light. The neighbors - the mailman - even the UPS driver would give me their great input. The UPS lady wanted "lights in the tree", and someone mentioned a bow tie for Tucker. The tie went from red to this "Churchill" pattern he made famous. I crackled the varnish for a old-feeling yellow tinted finish. Great fun! next - The Corner Room in State College, PA in winter.