For Colin and For Fun

Though I didn't know it at the time (30 plus years ago), I began a tradition of giving my family members copies I made of the marvelous works of Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit? You remember...) I made one for my mom, then one each for my own children, then, for some reason, when they married and started having their own cuties, I was commissioned to do one for each of the grandkids as they arrived. Colin Robert Wilson, being half Brit, certainly needed one (Potter was a Brit, too, of course) and his mother had me do the one above.
The shed is from a photo I took last winter. It resides in a cow pasture, just south of us. What can I say - I'm a sucker for these pathetic things!

Hobbes & Madeline

Finally got to work on two of my favorite people - Bray & Kajsa's children: Hobbes and Madeline Wilkins. I still find portraiture very scary - particularly of family, but Kajsa has wanted these two in pastels for some time. They look a lot older today, but these paintings hopefully stop time, for their parents. (Done on 400 sanded paper with Rembrandt pastels: black, gray, and white.) Love these kiddos!

Painting Lessons with Grandpa

I'm sneaking in to post some pictures of the kids getting painting lessons with Grandpa! Asa said he painted a chair and the sky.