It’s a little-known secret that I’m a hobbyist painter.  I crank out an acrylic painting (on canvas) about twice a year or so.  I started about three years ago and have maybe 10 floating around my house.   Sometimes I paint two in a row, as I did recently.   Nothing to report on the homefront, so I thought I’d share one of my latest.

It’s painted from a photo of the boys sleeping in my bed – the photo was taken about three and a half years ago.  This is actually my second effort. Further down you’ll see another version, painted about two years ago.  Interesting to note the difference!    I gave the original to my dad and have missed its presence ever since.   So, instead of asking for it back  I painted it again. (Have you ever taken a photo of a painting? Don’t fully trust the colours you see here…)

July 2010 – 12×12

Summer 2008 – 6×6

Original photo: