I was working on this painting when this wonderful lady sadly died too soon at the age of 99 - 17 days before her 100th birthday. The world was awash with works of art in her honour, but it didn't feel right to send this work out into the world at that time. I let it rest for a while and focused first on the next bodies of water. The bright yellow kept drawing my attention from the corner of my studio. So in the end I flew back into it. The pressure was suddenly on, instead of a celebration for her 100th birthday, this painting had to be a celebration for her whole life. I kept the yellow background, but the rest got a complete makeover. This Golden Girl really deserves a statue, Betty White won several awards for her acting and television work and is best known as a light-hearted comedian, but she did so much more than that. She's in the Guinness book of records as the longest running television career for a woman, wrote 7 books, was a great animal lover and animal rights activist. She paved the way for many women to come after her and she was a huge advocate for equal rights. One story (of many) that I will always remember is when she put the Afro-American tap dancer, Arthur Duncan, on stage in 1954 in her show (which she hosted and produced herself). After the show, several TV-stations threatened that they would not broadcast the show anymore if Arthur stayed on. After that, Betty put Arthur on as often as she could. Brilliant isn't it?! A golden piece of advice from the youngest 99-year-old I can think of? "You're never too old for anything."