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Many thanks, Marina, Linda, Kim, Garth, and Janel!
I couldn't help but paint George with lots of life. He was busy with one thing or another the entire time I was there. He also has a sweet personality which I tried to capture. When he smiles he just lights up. His mom wanted me to paint his "little chicklets" (teeth) so I figured out a way to do that without a toothy grin, which I think would have looked too "frozen."
Kim, the marble thing in the background is a fireplace surround. You see them in a lot of Victorian houses around here,but usually with an open grate that originally was meant to burn coal. This one was closed, but had an arched ornate heating register in the center at floor level. I've never seen one like that before. I eliminated the heating vent to simplify the composition for two reasons: 1) I'm not sure its identity would be easily understandable, as it would be partially behind George's sweater, and 2) it would have complicated George's sillhouette.
Thank you all again for the kind words.
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