Precocious Little Syd

The first painting is of a picture I took of Sydney when she was not quite three. I took the picture on the UW campus in Seattle. After 25 years, my dad received his PhD and we went to support him. We are so proud of him. Anyway, I completed this painting at the end of 2004. It took several months, because I am a perfectionist. My art teacher finally told me that I was done. The bottom pic is of Sydney eating an apple when she was almost four. I have yet to complete this picture. I need to lighten her hair and finish her hands. Sydney is such a thoughtful child, you can see it in her eyes. I think this pictures really capture the thoughtfulness that I always see in her eyes. Of course her eyes also tell me, before her giggles, when she is telling a "tall tale."