Roses and Crown Jazz Club

Originally inspired by a Budweiser Super Bowl

Commercial that portrayed a night club with

reducing lighting that got me started on this

painting.  First, I went to the library and found

photographs of famous jazz artists in reference

books and sketch them on the canvas.  Next,

I used the city scape and the Rose and Crown

Insignia that was in the background of one of

the photographs.  After painting for a while, I

realized that the bottom of the canvas was

blank, so I hurriedly sketch in the people at

tables and then finished the painting.