My Daughter, Myself

Fabulous image… I know exactly what you mean as you watch your babies grow and spread their wings… Im sure your daughter loved the creation you made for her from your heart…

This is just so good and your writting is so true about mothers & daughters, You are truly blessed having a daughter.
Take care
Warren.

very creative art.. great work !

fantastic illustration and loved reading the story

This is great susi!
I love the expression on her face, thecartoon style about it, but also the detail and composition. The background is awesome!!!

That is indeed a beautiful story, and I know exactly where you’re coming from, Susi. We have to learn to give them space….so so pleased that you’re both doing well :)

It’s a stunningly beautiful portrait, too!

Wonderful piece of Art Susi…l bet your daughter will love it!

Thats a really lovely story to go with a great piece of art – that bond between mother and daughter, as she grows into adulthood, is amazing isn’t it.

Gorgeous!

Love it Susi!! Wonderful story too!! The dark moodiness is amazing!!
My daughter just graduated High School, she only needed English for her senior year, so she took it at summer school. She’s 16!! :)

great,heart warming story and beautiful art.

This is wonderful, Susi. I think the story behind the image adds so much, too.

Fantastic image Susi and even more wonderful to hear your story – beautiful and heart warming. It sounds like your daughter is becoming wise like her mother xox

Very cool… delighted you decided to join us on digital brushstrokes!

Soooo Beautiful:))

Oh Susi, this is so very Tim Burtonesque!

Just look at those soulful eyes! Beautiful!

Beautiful artwork, Susi. Love your story…. :)

Beyond what has been said I can only add, seeing and reading, truly wonderful.

Such a gorgeous image and your words enhance it greatly….......I understand completely, I still worry about my son at 23 and giving him the space for his own life was not easy at all a few years back, but when they turn and show you just how much they have grown under your loving guidance, makes it all worth while.
Beautiful image, no wonder she loved it! :)

gorgeous work and gorgeous story.

Beautiful.. Love the feel. It’d make for a good book character or movie too (spieldberg would love it I think)

Excellent piece Susi ! Love the way you’ve caught the spirit of the moment…. :)

Spooky work but certainly amazing!!!

outstanding

id love for you to be my art teacher :)

stunning portrait – wonderful words – such a beautiful & emotive artwork :)

this is an absolutely gorgeous piece of work. Its so beautiful i cant tell you. I adore the history behind it because its just such a creative and personal process. your work is astounding. keep painting and blessing other’s eyes with your gift.

my pleasure.

what an amazing piece!

Looks like a Charles Blackman painting, beautifully composed Susi

Charles Blackman is a major figure in Australian art of the post-war years. His haunting and enchanting images of women and girls, absorbed in daydreams or games have an enduring appeal. Two significant themes in his work have been the Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland. Deep shadows and the accentuation of his figure’s eyes occur throughout Blackman’s works with a pervasive sense of melancholy.

Cheers,
Rock

Susi, I don’t know why I never saw this… maybe cause it’s so different from your cheery, brightly colored pieces I’ve adored in the past, I just passed over it. But I can go only so long without wondering what’s going down over on your planet, so decided to take a look… and I’m so glad I did.

As you described the evolution of the picture that tracked the evolution of your feelings towards your daughter’s coming of age, I felt tears coming on… not only cause I know what you’re going through from my own experiences with Melanie, but because your picture is so from your emotion relating to her new found freedom as well as from your heart. She appears apprehensive and even isolated from the cheeriness that surrounds you… yet it seems the things you have given her refuse to leave her in solitude, and that includes her likeness to you.
Maybe I’m off the mark with this, but I know you Susi, and I understand the love that went into this unusual and amazing portrait. And one thing I’m abasolutely sure of is that this will remain a treasured possession that will take on a new appreciation of what you have given her in every stage of her life.

This is Gorgeous. and it touches me deeply.
you have such amazing talent and capacity to give.
xo

You write as well as you photograph and paint, which is saying a lot. This portrait of your daughter both strokes the heart and cuts deep. I’m using Lightroom and Photoshop and I own Corel Painter but haven’t gotten started on it yet. I should read your writing on that software before I do. Great work!

I have been captivated by your story ..thank you for sharing it. =) and so happy she loves your lovely artwork!