My buddy Jeff Condon is a terrific painter. He made me a deal, in which I make frames for two of his paintings, and in exchange I get to keep one of them. This still life is the one that he kept:
I decided to use solid Brazilian Rosewood. Unbeknownst to me, it turns out that Rosewood gives me a terrible allergic reaction. I broke out all over my body, and had a rash for over a month.
All the same, I really like how they turned out. Not that I will be using rosewood ever again.
The painting I kept was painted from a pic of Ted Conrads sailing an FJ:
Thanks Jeff!
