“Side by Side” (Portrait of Martini Emmart-Niedbalski, Bob Niedbalski, and Herve Mommeja-Marin….which is a LOT of names for 3 people, I know)

I distinctly recall the night I took the photograph from which this is drawn/painted…..Martini and Bob were throwing a party, and they felt obliged to retreat into a bedroom if they wanted to smoke in their own house without someone’s pitching a fit.

I went looking for Herve at one point, and I found him happily camped out with The Bad People in the bedroom…hence, this picture…..with a genuine smile from Herve (I know the man well).

Please go to the ever-wonderful Kay Starr, singing “Side by Side” (Herve, Martini, and Bob have deserved this)….: