Portraits of a Young Artist
December 14th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Once upon a time, I started a blog–this blog, in fact! Then I got a job and Meghan kindly took over documenting the exploits of our intrepid family.
Now I’m afraid Meghan is an overworked mother of three and earnest grad student laboring to birth a fourth child: her thesis.
So the time has come for me to reclaim my original role as family blogger. No doubt Meghan will still contribute in the future, but for now I’m taking responsibility for keeping you all updated on the goings on at Chez Matthews, especially now that the holidays are in high gear.
To easy myself back into this role, I begin with a short, easy post.
George has spent his first semester at public school developing some serious artistic skills. We’ve all long known that he’s a sensitive young man with creative impulses, but the kid has some serious artistic talent as an illustrator!
His greatest opus to date, titled “Polar Express”:
Now, I don’t know about you, but George at age 4 can draw a locomotive better than I at age 31. But that’s not even the part the artist is most proud of. Upon presenting it to me, George said, “Look, Dad, his hair is BROWN!”
More recently, but still on the holiday theme, George drew snowmen:
Who knows what the future holds, but George’s may well be in the visual arts. If he wants to pursue it, that is …
Wow, George is really developing as a little artist! None of the people in the mural he gifted me have hair… Maybe next summer he’ll decorate another wall and it could become a series.
I love George’s artwork. He is an exceptional talent. He reminds me of another exceptionally talented artist — his dad!