Would you like to join us for dinner?

So I post on face book the other day that I was dreaming of taking my family to Hawaii and while we were there we ran into Wyland, the famous Marine Artist/Muralist. I ask my wife if she would be up for asking him to join us for dinner, and she said "totally" and he, of coarse, would say "yes". He and I would talk about art and painting murals, I would  get some great painting tips and maybe give a tip myself. What a fun evening it would be. I then went on thinking about who else I would love to have dinner with or even a cup of coffee. Richard Haas came to mind. He is one of the world's best Trompe L'leoil painters of our times. Portland has one of his creations on our Historical Society building, and I think it's one of the best he's done. We also had a Wyland mural in downtown Portland, but that building got knocked down a few years ago, which is too bad, because that mural started of his tour on the West Coast. Now I have to go to Newport to see a Wyland piece.

Even though I met my favorite watercolor artist Steve Hanks, I didn't get an opportunity to sit with him one to one. He would be another. Steve Hanks has been a watercolor "God" to me for many, many years. He has away with the brush and painting these magnificent figures, that I may never master....but that won't stop me from trying. I own 2 of his books and they are both personally signed to me and my wife. Some day I'll be able to afford a Steve Hanks, or a Wyland or even a Richard Haas, but until then I'll just continue painting, trying to master my medium and hope that someday someone will have a dream to ask me out to dinner.

Feel free to drop a comment and tell me, "who would you ask to dinner?"

Thanks for reading,
Gary