'Best Friends' original painting 2026

 "Best Friends" created 2026 by Tif Choate, 42 x 72 inch canvas work. Buy today.

About the Art 

ALMOST EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE THROW AN EPIC PARTY ON VALENTINE'S DAY, CALLING IT "FREEDOM DAY', MARKING THE DAY WE GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY, DECADES AGO. EACH YEAR IT'S THEMED TO THE NINES, WITH EXPECTATIONS FOR INVITEES TO TOTALLY PUT THEIR HEARTS INTO IT- THINK 80S, SOUL TRAIN, PJS - IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN, LAUGHTER AND HEART.

THE LAST CELEBRATION WAS 2 YEARS AGO. AFTER MULTIPLE LOSSES AND PROFOUND LIFE CHANGES, WE DECIDED TO HAVE A GHOST THEMED ONE. TO HONOR THOSE WE LOST, AND TO CELEBRATE

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN EVERYTHING WED ENDURED. SO FOR THE PARTY WE WENT BIG, IMAGINE ALL OUT HAUNTED MANSION STYLE, FOG MACHINES, BLACK LIGHTS, FLOATING CANDLES HARRY PoT-TERESQUEWHITE SHEETS AND ALL! AND THIS GIANT CooL ARTWORK WAS A CENTERPIECE. NEXT TO A BLACK CANDLABRA, IT SENT!

IT'S MAIN CHARACTER IS AN HOMAGE TO MY WONDERFUL AND VERY ROBUST BLACK SIBERIAN CAT, WILLIE. HE DOES NOT HAVE 3 EYES BUT HE IS THE BEST FRIEND EVER!

Materials

Painting is executed on 42x72 x 1.5 inches Pro-Edge canvas, using Professional Acrylic paint, and Fluorescent UV ink the glow in blacklight, and is protected with a glaze of UV varnish and secured with hanging wire.  It includes a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and is signed by the artist on the back.

Shipping

Shipping is available within the USA. Oversized paintings are rolled and shipped in a tube, while smaller paintings come mounted on a wooden frame and packaged in secure boxes.

Copyright Tif Choate 2026, all rights Reserved.