Dolphin Rides is one of seven collaboration paintings that I have done with famed marine life artist Wyland. When we met at the L.A. art expo in 1992, Wyland asked me if I would like to collaborate with him. He told me he would like to do two paintings and have them unveiled at a show he was having in his San Diego, California gallery, which was in less than a month. I thought "That's nuts", but always up for an artistic challenge I said "Lets do it" I did a couple quick sketches, painted the top half of the canvases, gave them to Wyland to paint the bottom half, he then sent them to his framer, who delivered the paintings to the show only one hour late. The models for this painting were my daughter of 6 monthes, a few neices and cousins and a few neighbors. For that realistic look, I cut out a fin from an old boogie board and tied it around my Brother in law so that my 7 year old cousin could "Ride" him while I took photographs.