After leaving New York City and taking up our new life in the mountains near Yosemite National Park, I painted this picture, juxtaposing some New Yorkers in a roadside place typical of where we now live. The actual people came from a snapshot I took at the Statue of Liberty. The cow? Well where we live now, you don't have to drive too far to take a photo of a cow. I painted the people in bright colors - to show they are on holiday. At home in New York City they would all be wearing black or dark colors.