Wishes portrait in progress 7 - The heart dog

Here is a post about how much a portrait of a loved one can mean.

I emailed Alicia asking if she had gotten the 5 “in-progress pics” I sent 3 days before. 

She replied:

“I did and thank you! I lost my dad unexpectedly on Saturday and had to travel from NC to OH on Sunday. She was my rock through the loss of several family members. I found out about her birth right before my father-in-law passed and she saw me through countless deaths and attended 5 funerals (from my van). Outside of Titan and her breeder this is the first and biggest loss I will have faced without her. Seeing her come to life through your hands and seeing those eyes has provided me strength and comfort knowing she is still with me to comfort me just not physically.”

“Wishes”

Goldgrove New Years Wish FDC CAX FCAT SWAE SWM SHDN WAC RATM CGC TKN NW2

❤️  Commissioned by Alicia McCarthy

🎨 Prismacolor pencil and acrylic wash on “Dark Grey” Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 20 x 26 inches.