Steve's painting

This is a picture of Steve's Dad, Arlie, Steve and his two brothers Ken and Kevin. I found this tiny photo when I was putting together a scrapbook for Steve in 2005. For me the picture captures so much of Steve's childhood. Steve's fond memories of his childhood center around his family and the great outdoors. Steve has always looked to his father for guidance and I love that he is the child on the log walking towards his father. I imagine when he sees his father again he will not carefully walk toward his father, but Steve will run with urgency to gratefully embrace his father. I really enjoyed painting this, especially because it has made Steve so happy to look at it everyday.