When life presents you choices you wish you didn't have to make, you're left hoping for a treat... not a very sour trick.

Friends are people you open the door for, let them in, and ask if they'd like a drink. Real friends barge in and help themselves to your liquor cabinet.

This piece was commissioned by a dedicated collector as a house warming gift representing a really great group of long time friends. I am honoured to help celebrate their friendships. If you'd like a different number of people or series of genders to represent your pack, please let me know. Thank you so much for your support!

Every week I receive messages from people with suggestions on many other art ideas. Since I released Marilyn's Merlot a couple of years ago, someone emailed me about doing Prince. I LOVED that idea as I've always admired his work from my days as a child with ‪#‎PurpleRain‬. So I had started working on it but due to workload I just couldn't get around to finishing it. Sadly, it took his loss for me to go back and finish it. So here it is. "A Toast to a Rock Star" finally born. A reminder that we must all do our best to not just accomplish what we were meant to do, but to stay the course and keep at it, keep creating. Everyone has a gift. Find it and use it. His ‪#‎genius‬ was truly an ‪#‎inspiration‬ to many creatives... not just musicians. RIP and cheers to you, ‪#‎Prince‬.
‪#‎wine‬ ‪#‎wineart‬ ‪#‎RIPPrince‬ ‪#‎legend‬

It’s one thing to realize that we all have wings, but it’s another to use them and discover life’s amazing things. To taste true love, light and peace is the defining moment when we are letting go of the past through forgiveness because only then we can... “Breathe Again”. 

Also available in a warm burgundy and gold version here. 

A caterpillar to butterfly is like grape to the glass. One must face change to taste life’s beauty and class. 

 

♬ Can't wait to drink my wine from my glass tonight, pour every drop to be seen
Kids in school and I'm in isolation, but will my house ever be clean
Wasn't going to paint this fearing all of you would sneer
Then I thought who cares, let go of that fear

Don't think too much, pour out your soul
Never mind the laundry, you're on a roll
You're all done now, it's time to show, c'mon let's go...

Let it Flow, Let It Flow
Be proud because you've reached your goal,
Let it Flow, Let it Flow
You deserve your wine you know

Just be yourself, who cares what they all think
The Ice Wine Queen says, go ahead and have a drink ♬

Time is more precious than gold. Savor it with respect.

You only get out of something what you put into it, so work hard, play hard, and never be afraid to pour hard.

Happiness is that temporary feeling after taking a sip of wine, but JOY is a state of being that always flows from the divine.

Life can be very busy and overwhelming. Throughout my days, I always have to make a daily effort to find my "cup of joy" - or in this case, my glass. It's not necessarily filled with wine, it's filled with divine: silence, peace, presence, spirit, love... and just simply "being" or else life will just feel way more stressful than it needs to be. So I painted this as a reminder to keep filling my glass with divine joy all year round no matter what the circumstances are - because it is ultimately up to me.  

Also available in the cool version.

Hold your wine glass in your hands, your family in your arms, Family -- like wine -- is a work of heart.

Family - when life begins but you don't know where it's going. Just keep the love strong and it will never stop flowing.

Family is the heart of the home.

.... I raise my glass to thee!

Created for you by Internationally-Collected Wine Artist, Leanne Laine, see your name in the wine and show it off while you dine!

Inspired by my popular-selling piece "Cheers", get your own personalized edition!   Those who have purchased their own have given tremendous feedback, saying that it is a wonderful conversation piece at parties, dinners, gift-giving, etc.  Overall, the support and admiration for my work has been incredible.  That said, the value of my works have increased consistently over the years offering an esteemed investment for my loyal collectors!  For those who follow me on Facebook and Twitter, you know I say it a lot but I can never say it enough.  Thank you all so much!

After check-out, please email us at info@leannelainefineart.com with the name you would like personalized into the painting and we will get back to you shortly after to confirm all the details. If you are ordering this on behalf of a business, please let us know!  

I look forward to creating this special piece for you, a special heirloom that will last forever.  Have a wonderful day!  Cheers! ~ Leanne

...Cuz I need a time out!

As a mom of two young children in this fast-paced generation, I was compelled to paint this piece. Let's just say I was having "one of those days!" So I dedicate this piece to all wine-loving moms out there and anyone who needs a moment to themselves. Cheers to you all. (And please drink responsibly.)

A love so pure, a love so divine, a love so delicious, it’s written in wine.

Deep, dark, and mysterious, with a scent of sweet toasted oak she just gets better with age.

Ssh... breathe in, breathe out, it's time to wine down. #yoga

Ssh... breathe in, breathe out, it's time to wine down. #yoga

Every drop of a leaf at the peak of Fall harvest represents good taste in great company.

A sexy blend offering delicate aromas, and an abundance of lush flavor that makes the palate fall in love over and over again.

Sometimes to realize just how trivial some things actually are, all it takes is one deep breath.

Seducing the palate with tantalizing tricks of the trade.

Love is like wine. You know it's good when it gets better with time.

Knowing how to love and appreciate flavors of good quality is knowing classic taste and having a big heart.

So magnifique on the palate is a wine expert's song.

A full-flavored Valpolicelli of blackberry strings and jazzy licorice notes deserves an encore.
#music (also part of The Wine Accompaniment Collection)

The impressions left on the palate are just as pleasing as the impressions left by the jazziest of tunes.
#music (also part of The Wine Accompaniment Collection)