Loving Cup

wedding gift for the brother of a friend (Hi, Joe!). Opaque watercolor on pergamenata; gold is Schminke pan gold. Celtic knotwork based on design by Bill Mihalik (Hi, Mikhail!) and of course quote by Ogden Nash.

I had done this quote in a different style for a mutual friend (Hi, Teresa!) about 30 years ago and she has had it hanging in her bathroom for about that long. I guess it sort of embedded itself in Joe's mind after all those years... That would make this a kind of exorcism, maybe?