LeRoy Neiman is as passionately devoted to the fine arts of wining and dining as he is to painting and printmaking. He has famously saluted the cuisine of France in works like Le Grand Cuisine and the immensely popular La Cuisine Française. In this spectacular new serigraph, he gives us a seat at his table, inviting us to celebrate with him the delectably light cuisine of California.

An immense and resplendent spray of flowers is the centerpiece of both the serigraph and the table roulante within. An overflowing basket of fresh fruit and sparkling bottles of wine complete the enticing presentation. All these fine comestibles are home-grown in California, one of the most bountiful regions on earth, and a frequent destination of LeRoy Neiman as he travels the world partaking of life's grandest pleasures.

Also representing the natural beauty of California, in their own way, are two ladies seated at a nearby table. Elegant, trim, stylish and beautiful, one admires the arrangement of flowers as the other studies the sommelier expertly pouring their selection of a golden light Napa Valley luncheon wine.

Beyond the tables, glorious California greenery bursts through the bistro windows. Only then do we see, almost as an afterthought, the waiters busily serving other patrons, but in muted tones that really serve to highlight the brilliant colors of flora, food and drink.

The prints of LeRoy Neiman radiate an extraordinary energy and honesty because he paints from personal experience. It is his own fervent devotion to the arts of the table that best explains the vast popularity of his scenes of cuisine, cafés and restaurants.