"I took a large chance by eliminating the sky from this painting. Shane Neal told me never to sell this painting. He said that Mr. Kinstler, his famous mentor and painter of US Presidents, told him that when you reach a new level in painting, you should keep the painting. That is perhaps the highest compliment he has ever paid me. Indeed, the detail and depth of the colors of the rocks and the sea are great, if I have to admit that to myself."