Contemplation

40″ x 30″
Oil on canvas

In May 1994 I visited my sister and her daughter’s Jamie and Adrian in Missouri during Memorial Day weekend. My ulterior motives were revealed with my hat collection and my request for models. In the photograph Adrian was sitting on the front porch stoop wearing a floral print dress with a plain background. The busy floral pattern dress was changed to a solid blue so that it would POP out from the cluttered background which was from my imagination. The yellow hat, the white lace collar helped to draw the eye to her face.
This pretty girl is now a beautiful woman, married, and the mother of a son. She teaches biology, chemistry and was teacher of the year.