For the love of her sister

Mikaela and her sister are great friends and love each other so much, more often than not! Well her sister is obsessed - and we really mean that literally - with kittens, cats, felines. Mikaela drew this picture for her as a birthday present. Isn't it sweet? We will frame it because it is done on the black construction paper with colored pencils. We are really amazed by it and know that Eliana will love it so much!

To Sell or Not to Sell?

Mikaela worked on this bear throughout the Fall of 2006 and completed it just last week. She did it on canvas with oils.
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Something happened that we didn't see coming when we sent out the pictures for the first time. We had requests for purchasing! We had questions of commissioning Mikaela to do pieces! WOW. We are blown away by this, to us it never seemed a possibility. So now the question is - to sell or not? Can we part with Mikaela's works of art? A friend suggested she do reproductions of the originals. That's an idea. And what about allowing her to be commissioned? She's 8 1/2, the waiting time could be awhile!! All this to say that if you have asked about purchasing or commissioning hold on! We are going to talk to her art teacher and get her advice on how to go about this. We don't want to be greedy and hang on to all of her art, no home is big enough to hold what she will most likely do throughout her lifetime. We do want to share her gift, for it IS a gift. So we are researching & we'll be in touch! But until then we hope you enjoy what Mikaela has done and continues to do.

The Gift of an Artist

Happy Mother's Day! For Mother's Day 2006 Mikaela painted both my mom and I's favorite flowers for our gifts. My very favorite flower is a Gerber Daisy and my mom's is a Daffodil. These are priceless gifts that are treasured. They join the ongoing art gallery!