Hogan girls, 30"x40"

Linda Nelson · 05-11-2006, 11:00 AM

Hi,

I sure wish I could have been at the PSOA - hopefully next year. Here's a recent commission of two sisters and their mother. The mother wanted to preserve this period of their lives where they hold hands and are so close. I was glad she let me put her in the composition as well, as I think the girls will enjoy her in there as the years go by.

Linda

p.s. I am horrible at getting the uploading digital image to look like the painting for some reason.

Tom Edgerton · 05-12-2006, 08:59 AM

Linda--

This is lovely...

What I always admire about your work is the ambition and scope you bring to your compositions. I'd be intimidated by a project as complex as this. I'll remember it as a challenge to take on the more complicated pieces.

Always good to see what you've been up to.

Best--TE

Linda Nelson · 05-12-2006, 08:11 PM

Thanks Tom,, It's always nice to hear from you. I plan to attend next year's conference, so hope you'll be going too. It was frustrating to miss the party and all the talent there!

Chris Saper · 05-12-2006, 09:27 PM

Dear Linda,

That family must be thrilled! You are SO masterful at incorporating garden settings into your portraits. Lovely.

Marina Dieul · 05-12-2006, 09:49 PM

Oh!
It looks like the garden of Eden, a sort of paradise for little girls...
I almost can smell the flowers, and feel the sun.
Very nice!

Linda Nelson · 05-13-2006, 10:33 AM

Thanks Chris and Marina. Literally almost every client requests a outdoor setting . I think it's because the painting is that much more to enjoy during our seamingly endless winter ( We even heard of possible snow in MN last night on the news! The joke here is that our summer is the best any where. Both days of it....