"The Tea Party"

"The Tea Party" 22x28 oil on canvas

The two little models, Camille and Brianna were so excited to dress up for the photographer this day. They got right into pretending they were grown up ladies having tea and enjoying the day. After the session they relaxed in my hot tub. Cute.

"Picking Hydrangeas I"

"Picking Hydrangeas I" 24x20 oil on canvas
available in giclee

The model I used for this painting is Tammy. She lives in the mountains in Northern California in a little mining town of 372 people. I used to live there as well. No gas station or general store, it is very isolated. Tammy is a dear and sweet person. I originally had pictures of her taken for my "Lost At Sea" series.

http://kathyslostatsea.blogspot.com/

"Lost At Sea" is a sad story so I kept telling Tammy to 'look sad'. That was hard for her. She wanted to smile because the inner glow of her is hard to keep down.