Shelda and Ry

commissioned painting of a smiling white woman with her grinning child — Gwenn Seemel
*Shelda and Ry*
2020
acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches

Please note the penguins on the matching shirts of this mom and kid. They may be my favorite part of a painting that I already love a lot! This is the second portrait of this mother-child pair that I have made, with this 2017 painting being the first.

You can see the making of this painting.

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