#253 Kira Stacking Rocks #253 Acrylic Print

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The subject of this painting is my youngest daughter, Kira. She is about eleven years old in the reference photo taken around 1995. Kira is stacking weathered lava rocks on our vacation trip to Maui. Reminds you how simple entertainment was before smartphones and tablets. When we were kids you just interacted with nature, getting fresh air, exercise, and sunshine. Now the kids are plugged in mentally to electronic gadgets. Kira has BA degree from UCLA and a Doctor of Law degree from Cornell, so maybe playing with rocks is more profound than it looks.

This painting was done in transparent watercolor.

My search to find my biological family was the genesis of my journey into the world of art. When I finally found my birth family, at the age of 40, I was plunged into a new and very different family. On one occasion while talking with the father I had never known, I discovered that my great uncle was the renowned watercolorist Dong Kingman. Fatefully discovering a cheap watercolor paint set, and intrigued by my relationship with Kingman, I wondered if I had inherited any of his talent. This lingering question spurred me into trying to paint. My first challenge was deciding what subjects I would paint. As a fan of Van Gogh, and knowing that he painted images from his day to day life: houses, fields, people working, I decided to do the...