5″x7″ acrylic, 2010. Stuffed cow Moo-moos has been loved into a permanent floppy-headed expression of contentment. He belongs to Sarah’s four-year-old daughter, who carries him by his neck and rubs one of his ear under her nose when she sucks her finger. This portrait is one of two won by Sarah in the recent Design Mom giveaway. Sarah intends to give the paintings to her children for thier bedrooms when they move into their new house next month!
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Knuffles
8″x10″ oil, 2004. Here is a “early” toy portrait that I painted several years ago of my sister’s childhood favorite, Knuffles. He was about 6″ high, I believe made by Gund, and pretty ambiguous about his species. There were many heated family discussions regarding what sort of animal he was… a cow? Hamster? Guinea pig? A nutria, even? His amorphous, squishy body made him a go-to living room battle projectile whenever the need for one arose.
Knit Cow
5″x7″ acrylic, 2009. This little painting is of one of the L’attitude Enfant series of adorable yarn animals that we got at Target. It is also another example of a toy that I think is irresistable and that Sonja really couldn’t care less about. We have a whole posse of these things and she barely acknowledges them. Hey, guess what her newest, proudest, loudest word of the week is? ELMO.