April 27 - First Dude

These were painted for Don Dizney, the owner of Double Diamond Farm in Ocala. When I delivered the conformation painting to Don's office in Orland, he loved it and said he'd keep that one at his office and the second one would go to the farm. A couple of months later, I delivered the painting of First Dude winning the Hollywood Gold Cup. Don was funny when the first thing he said was, "I changed my mind. I'm keeping this one." A few months later when I was in Ocala, I swung by Double Diamond Farm's office and there was the conformation painting. I smiled because I knew the "rest of the story".