4″x5″ acrylic on cardboard, 2013. This lucky baby with his amazing cloud of diaphanous hair is the son of my dear friends Jon and Brian, both teachers, who are kind of a big deal! After already having already been married once in front of family in friends and then again in Canada, a triumphant photo of their legal New York State marriage at the Albany City Hall ran in the New York Times. Ian joined the family soon after and is the most easy-going, sweet baby you could ever hope to ride with for hours and hours in a car, as Jon and Brian have discovered with on their frequent travels. This year I also painted Ian’s stuffed owl and his classic Sophie the Giraffe.