Ayla and Aiden

This is the latest commission that I finished recently. This is a brother and sister, Ayla and Aiden, 22x28 acylic on canvas. I combined two separate photos and invented the background. The original pictures were taken in an outdoor setting but I wanted to add a bit of whimsy. To me it feels a little bit like they are in a fairy tale or at a garden party where there are either lights or fireflies in the trees. I'm especially fond of Ayla's suspicious look and the delicateness of her dress and Aiden's shirt. The scripture reference on the back is Luke 18:16.

This is one of my older paintings. It hangs in my mother's house and is a portrait of where I grew up and love dearly. I have this picture because I was there recently for my Mama's funeral. She turned 94 in February and succumbed to the final stages of senile dementia. I don't remember the exact size of this but it is big.