Along for the Ride
Framed, oil on copper
30” × 30” (76.2cm x 76.2cm) painting
32” x 32” (81.28cm x 81.28cm) frame
Taking a trip to the Natural History Museum in New York City, I thought of my girls who could not attend due to school. Like me, they love animals, travel, and adventure. Plagued by the subtle guilt of their absence and the fond memories of the joy they felt from the children’s book “I know a Rhino,” I became inspired to make a piece that captured this moment to create a timeless adventure.
When I returned home to my studio, I began brainstorming. I set my girls atop a large ottoman and told them they were actually riding an elephant. This painting was to be a little whimsical, a little humorous, a mirror to my children’s personalities.
I positioned the elephant’s rear to the viewer, and my youngest, my wild child, set astride with her headphones and leather coat. Her hair flies in the wind, with her innocent bare feet dangling off. She rides backward into an endless sunset without a care in the world.
I don’t know where she is going, but I know it will be a wild and amazing journey.
Framed, oil on copper
30” × 30” (76.2cm x 76.2cm) painting
32” x 32” (81.28cm x 81.28cm) frame
Taking a trip to the Natural History Museum in New York City, I thought of my girls who could not attend due to school. Like me, they love animals, travel, and adventure. Plagued by the subtle guilt of their absence and the fond memories of the joy they felt from the children’s book “I know a Rhino,” I became inspired to make a piece that captured this moment to create a timeless adventure.
When I returned home to my studio, I began brainstorming. I set my girls atop a large ottoman and told them they were actually riding an elephant. This painting was to be a little whimsical, a little humorous, a mirror to my children’s personalities.
I positioned the elephant’s rear to the viewer, and my youngest, my wild child, set astride with her headphones and leather coat. Her hair flies in the wind, with her innocent bare feet dangling off. She rides backward into an endless sunset without a care in the world.
I don’t know where she is going, but I know it will be a wild and amazing journey.
Framed, oil on copper
30” × 30” (76.2cm x 76.2cm) painting
32” x 32” (81.28cm x 81.28cm) frame
Taking a trip to the Natural History Museum in New York City, I thought of my girls who could not attend due to school. Like me, they love animals, travel, and adventure. Plagued by the subtle guilt of their absence and the fond memories of the joy they felt from the children’s book “I know a Rhino,” I became inspired to make a piece that captured this moment to create a timeless adventure.
When I returned home to my studio, I began brainstorming. I set my girls atop a large ottoman and told them they were actually riding an elephant. This painting was to be a little whimsical, a little humorous, a mirror to my children’s personalities.
I positioned the elephant’s rear to the viewer, and my youngest, my wild child, set astride with her headphones and leather coat. Her hair flies in the wind, with her innocent bare feet dangling off. She rides backward into an endless sunset without a care in the world.
I don’t know where she is going, but I know it will be a wild and amazing journey.