I'm really excited about this painting for Claire Wheeler, sister of Emma Nolan. I painted a portrait of Emma and Christopher Nolan's children more than a year ago and was thrilled to be able to work with them again. Emma contacted me during the holidays to send a gift to her sister in Oxford. Sadly, traveling to the UK was not in my calendar, so I worked off of photos of the kids.
Claire described Olive as a bright and girly character and Fred as the more quiet observer. I pictured Olive and Fred snuggling under the covers and listening to a bedtime story that has come to life in the background. Not meeting the family in person somehow freed my imagination and made this painting more whimsical.
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