Third Time's A Charm

There's a bit of a back story for this painting. Rita commissioned someone to photoshop a portrait of her family a few years back, because her son had passed away. Her granddaughter was not in the original picture but her daughter was. The picture was less than flattering as her daughter was hung over that morning, so Rita had asked for a different picture to be put in. Somehow there was a miscommunication and the hungover picture remained. A few years later, Rita's daughter begged her mother to have the picture redone correctly. She commissioned my brother to redraw the image and add her granddaughter. Somehow, my brother still ended up drawing the wrong picture of her daughter! Still hungover! Rita told her daughter that her brother was looking over her with a sense of humor because he apparently would not let the fact that she was hungover that day, pass. Years later again and Rita called me to see if I would be up for the challenge. I'm happy to say I have succeeded in at least ridding the drawing of the dreaded hangover. I haven't shown Rita her picture yet, but I am hopeful she will like it. In other news, Riley's due date is only 2 weeks away! We are anxious and excited and the nursery is complete. Now it's just a waiting game.

Riley's Nursery

It's a girl! Haha. Yes, Dan and I are expecting our first child in June. We are very excited for our little "Rabbit" as we called her before we knew her sex. I had a rough first trimester and found I could only really stomach salads and fruits so I nicknamed her Rabbit and it's basically stuck. haha. Riley Rabbit. Has a pretty nice ring to it. Anyway, I've always wanted to do the artwork for my kids nurseries and I found this really cute picture online. I did add the "Highlights" magazine (Dan and I both loved that magazine as kids) and I added "Pickles the Rabbit" who is sitting by the basket. Dan bought me that stuffed rabbit right before our first ultrasound and she has been my company through the whole pregnancy thus far. I think for my next paintings I will continue to sneak Pickles in random places, just to keep the theme.