Thursday, September 16, 2010

me first

 
I grew up in a family with four kids. The oldest three ,including me, were only a year and a half apart. We were often in competition for trivial things such as who got the front seat of the car, who got to sit in the comfortable chair in the den, or who had to sleep next to the window ( they would be the first victim) You did not really want to sleep by the closet either beacuse it was full of skeletons. I promise I really did have a very normal, loving childhood.
This painting of my baby brother's children reminded me of sibling rivalry. Caroline is two years younger than Andrew but she works very hard to keep up.
This is painted on an 8 x 16 canvas.
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6 comments:

  1. Oh, too cute! Bet your brother is gonna want this one! You are really being diligent at this painting a day project, congratulations for so many A+ paintings!

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  2. What a wonderful little painting, you have such a way of capturing some great moments in time. And love the format!

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  3. Your family sounds like mind. Two of us were very close in age. Great painting. It is a captured moment, but so much better than a photograph. Lovely work.

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  4. Great painting, and story. I also just saw on Liz Wiltzen's blog your comment about you signing up for a plein air workshop with Tim Horn. I would love to hear how that goes. I LOVE his work! Have lots of fun with it.

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  5. This painting is full of charm as your other paintings of children. Your work is always a pleasure to view.

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  6. Coming from a large family of 5 children I can completely relate to this painting...of course it doesn't matter how many children are in a family they all want to be "me first!". Great job Carol!!

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