One of my hobbies is making drinks and cocktails for family and friends. There’s just something I love about mixing colorful liquids and spirits. I don’t know what it is about it…

Gatherings and potlucks, most of the time instead of bringing dishes, I’ve brought drinks. Everyone brings dishes, I like to bring something different. Besides, who’d want something made from obligation instead of love? I’ve done this so many times, it became an unwritten rule – Tanya makes the drinks. Cool, I love this obligation.

This inspired a series of watercolor paintings that I’ve been adding to over the years, Mocktails – impossibly good drink recipes: