Several months ago, I commissioned Lauren Stuart--a local, Arkansas artist--to do an oil painting of my son. I grew up with oil paintings of myself and my siblings hanging around our home, and so I of course wanted the same for my children. My mom always used local artists to sketch or paint our portraits, so I was thrilled to get a chance to do the same.
True to form, I was way too excited to wait until Father's Day to give the painting to my husband. (And can I just be super honest for one second and say that this was totally a gift for me, too?) His reaction upon seeing the painting was similar to mine: shock. I mean, I was totally and completely shocked. It was the most beautiful painting I had ever seen. She captured my sweet angel perfectly. Perfectly. His fat, little feet. His non-existent wrists. His cheeks. His little square face. His smile. I am in love with this painting. So of course I hung it in our living room so everyone can see it that comes to our home. And every time I walk past it, I can't help but smile.
I am so glad that I did this. I will treasure this painting forever, and my husband is just as in love with it as I am! I am grateful to Lauren for doing this painting, and I will most definitely be contacting her (no matter where I'm living at the time) to paint each one of my children at this precious age. And by the way, the little one is seven months old in this portrait. Just a perfect, sweet age to capture forever!
If you'd like to check out Lauren's website, here it is: http://www.wix.com/laurenstuart48/studiolauren?ref=nf#!
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