IN GOOD TASTE by John-Mark Gleadow

The theme for this piece came to John-Mark as an obvious choice – the love of enjoying fine food and drink is universal! This painting is atypical for John-Mark in that it only contains one portrait, but his skills as a photo-realist are definitely on display as he depicts the bottle of Patron and plate of chocolates. The viewer is certain that he can reach out and touch the cocoa dust atop one of the candies!

John-Mark was pleased that his own enjoyment of cigars played so well with the theme and that he could include a book devoted  to them at the far right, as if to say, “What could be better after a gourmet meal than sitting down & enjoying good conversation with friends and family over a cocktail and fine cigar?”