Capturing Memories, Keeping Record…

I read a post about "Keeping Record" of your child's life today on the blog Bloom. She talked about the difficulty of keeping up with preserving all the special memories and shares a way she has simplified the process. 

This is a constant quest for me to document my family's life so that my children can enjoy, learn and hopefully be inspired by it later… I do a little scrap-booking of holidays, but I try to keep from getting hung up on spending too much time trying to make scrapbooks perfect.

The most powerful and enjoyable way for me to capture childhood moments is through art. I have drawn and painted portraits of each of my children. These are my most precious possessions and I have been honored to create portraits of other children for their parents. I detail the process in this post and I am always excited to talk about new commissions!

I am also working on illustrating my first children's book. It draws on experiences that I want my son to remember, and is designed to help other children create their own memories – more on that in another post soon…