Artwork / Baby Sees ABCs / H Is for Havanese Dog

Havanese dog, pet portrait
Gwenn Seemel
H Is for Havanese Dog
2019
acrylic on panel
14 x 14 inches

$1500

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The first names embedded in this image are Ha Yoon, Hadrian, Hannah, Haley, Happy, Harper, Harriet, Haruki, Hasan, Hattie, Haven, Hazel, Heather, Heidi, Helen, Henry, Herb, Hess, Hieronymus, Hilary, Holly, Homer, Hope, Horatio, Hugo, and Hulya.

I may not be a mom in the traditional sense of the word, but I am what’s called a “childfree mom.” That’s a person of any gender who nurtures the everliving snot out of a crap-ton of people who are not their biological or adoptive kids and who may actually be adults themselves.

It’s in my capacity as a childfree mom that I created this alphabet book. Through it, I was able to make space for other kinds of moms to do beautiful things, like give their children the chance to decide what animal should represent a given letter! H Is for Havanese Dog comes to you courtesy of one of the Kickstarter backers’ kids, along with Q Is for Quokka, R Is for Raccoon, and T Is for Tarantula.

You can watch the making of this painting.

havanese painting by Gwenn Seemel
detail image