I painted this work while I was living in Spain, in exchange for some Spanish lessons.

The Argentinian woman who commissioned it, wanted me to base the painting on some illustrations she had found in an instructional book about lovemaking. Placing the figures in the local wintery mountains seemed more romantic and dramatic than the usual boudoir setting. I had written a song a few years earlier called "Love Is A Thorn On A Spanish Rose". The rose became part of the painting and the final title.