I miss this place that no longer exists. My mural was inspired by my boss's logo for his restaurant that was an old mansion. The 2 story mansion had such old character I loved it. When I made this I was in love with the bartender at the time and for some reason I couldn't talk to him I was tongue tied. At the time my boss's wife was really sick from a fast growing cancer. He sunk all of his money in this restaurant yet had to take care of his wife. My heart went out to him so I asked him if I could decorate the restaurant so we could attract more customers. Weekend after weekend I slaved at this mural and decorated both floors. I did all the work for free. It was here in return karma took care of me. The first few paintings I placed on the walls were sold before I got to hang them. This place became my gold mine for selling art while I waitressed. It wasn't long and people in Birmingham, Al knew who I was as the artist of Lakeview OH. Little did the bartender know that all I really wanted was him but selling art was good. I'm so glad he broke my heart cause I would've never set on my journey to the west coast and transcended even more with my series of NFS art. And now here I am going back to hopefully a series that will have this kind of magic again. #love