David O'Keefe: Bushwood - A Tribute to Caddyshack Print

"The original painting was a commissioned piece for Steve Garske, the CEO of Par Aide, who wanted all the characters from the movie in one painting. It was a fun painting to do, partly because of the movie itself and partly because it's an outdoor scene and you have the full spectrum of light and then you have golf, which is the most colorful sport and garish, especially in the late '70s. It was supposed to be a movie about Danny Noonan, but then Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield totally took the movie in a different direction. I put the main four characters front and center. I was totally finished and getting ready to varnish it and I added the lightning in, but not the bishop. I watched the movie again and decided I had to put the bishop in.