Based on the closing scene in the B & W film "Love Letters" (1945).  The scene last for only two or three seconds as it fades to "The End".

I imagine the golfer dreams of his next day on the course, just as the artist dreams at night what he'll do this time with his current project.

I know some persons who have a passion for golf. (As for me, I haven't played since I was 12 years old--I was not good at golf.)

This picture represents a dream. Note the bolt of lightning. The golfer knows he should get to the clubhouse, but too often he'll stay out, the passionate pursuit of his game overriding the danger he knows. It's dark (as in a dream) but in fact I've seen golfers play when the sun is almost set, or not quite risen. I've seen them play on the rare day in January when we have a warm spell. I'm sure there are things in this picture that a golfer would say are wrong. But remember, it's a dream. And I don't know golf very much.

As a "dream" picture I just threw in all the things that I suppose matter to the golfer. As for my own interest in the subject, I do love the architectural landscaping of some of the local golf courses I've seen. They keep them up constantly. A tree here, a tree there. The seemingly impossible closeness of the "hair cut" on the green. As far as that goes, the incredible green colors everywhere and clear blue ponds. Even the color of the roughs. It all adds up to a kind of wonderland.

"To clothe a familiar scene with ideal interest, and exalt things to which our senses are daily accustomed, into the region of imaginative beauty and genuine sentiment...." -Henry T. Tuckerman: "The Prose-Poet: Nathaniel Hawthorne," from Mental Portraits (1853).

This is what I had in mind.

Sitting down I noticed the edge of the table on a sunny day. “Hmm”, I thought. “I see this kind of thing every day and take it for granted.”

To me it brought to mind the wonderful world out there. The clear blue sky reflected on the table's edge, and all the world is good.

What's on the artist's mind while working? I call it "working thoughts" similar to a writers rough draft.

The subconscious has its own ideas. So it's best to let the painting speak for itself.

Oh, let me assure you that the background is several layers of different colors finally blended. In my pastels I don't allow the paper to show through. In this case the paper I used was a tan color. Every part of the painting is pastel. I feel it's a little bit cheating to allow the underlying paper to show at all. (But I have done so in the past.)

Cold with snow every week. Stuck inside seeking some work to do. Interesting if one looks around his house he'll notice things he sees all the time and takes for granted. That's how this paintings came about. Got my materials ready and notice the TV, which is usually turned off. And there I am. (But I probably made myself look like a cartoon character). It's the  reflections on that TV screen black screen that caught my eye.