"Is this the little girl I painted...?"

[Chris Saper]

When I paint very young children, I notice that even with a time span of 6-12 months between resource photos and delivery, the subject has grown quite dramatically.

I know that many of you have time frames several years out. How have you found the responses of parents whose children look so different from the child you painted? Do you feel that they are less accepting because the daily image of their child has changed, or more accepting, since it represents a time already lost?

Chris