Manger on Weathered Redwood

Old Family Photo Revisited

My friends asked me to do this old photo as a painting.  They were fine with the figures being obscure, abstract, and dark.  However, as I worked, it became clear that it would not look right at all. My father always told me that the human eye sees so much more than a camera lens--and this is a perfect example of that.  This picture does not look great with silhouettes (I have another painting with a sunset where that works).  So after a lot of prayer and many hours of work, I was able to lighten the figures a bit and also draw out a little more of their features.  It provided quite the challenge!  Here is the photo and the painting.

Three Books Done

I'm so excited!  I now have 3 of my books for sale on Amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kerstin+fletcher

Maggie's Bunny

The Cloudy Morning

Lily And Carl

More Lavender

Oil of Maggie...so far

I'm working on an oil portrait of Maggie when she was 4ish.  I still need to do a bunch of work, but here it is so far.

I have also published Maggie's Bunny.  It is for sale at 

http://www.amazon.com/Maggies-Bunny-Kerstin-Fletcher/dp/0989166007