Whale Ride (2024) was the product of an idea that I had been playing around with since my San Fransico days. I believe I started tinkering around with sketches shortly after I finished Elephant Ride (2013) which was the impetus for the animal ride serise. Whale Ride measures 36 x 48” and was painted to be a focal point for the Woods Gallery exhibition in the summer of 2024. I took a little artistic liberty by moving the whale’s blow hole a little closer to the middle of the canvas for better compositional balance.