This is a painting of my step-daughter, Kim, as she looked when she recently graduated from the fifth grade. She had her hair crimped that day and I caught her standing beside the south-facing living room window, which has gold colored shears. I love how the filtered sunlight lit up her hair and face.
I can't get over how someone who is eleven years old can look so young and so mature at the same time!
Oil on Realgesso board, 11 x 14 (head is 6 inches)
Thanks for looking.
