A young Nancy watching a parade, holding a yellow umbrella for shade

This is also based on a photograph. However, I was actually standing next to the garage - not in a field.  It was a carefully posed photograph in which I was told to look slightly downward with a pensive expression.  He then painted in a rural background scene, possibly from his imagination.

Many of dad’s paintings were based on photographs, and he had a nice Olympus camera to capture his subjects.  I remember posing for the photos upon which this painting is based.  I stood at the kitchen table pouring tea - over, and over, and over.  My tiny 10-year-old arm got tired!  While creating the painting, dad lamented that I had been wearing that shirt with the tiny flowers when he took the photo and how tedious it was to paint all those flowers.  Note the reflection of our sliding glass patio doors on the glass pitcher.  This pitcher with a reflective element also appears in the still life entitled “Pitchers with Reflections”.

Karen holding flowers and standing in a shrubby field

Karen standing outdoors with hands in pockets of a blue zip jacket

Nancy posing with a flower in her hand, a viola on the table and a very handsome dog in front