Portraits
Warmth and Joy
Oil on Linen
73" x 33"
2011
The model is the daughter of a good friend standing in an oak grove in Elverta California. She's wearing a quilt that's well over 150 years old made by the loving ancestors of a family from Fair Oaks California. Her expression of happiness captures the warmth and joy of personal peace, the surrounding natural beauty and serenity of the oak grove, and the connection to those who have gone before.