Angela Treat Lyon

Here it is! Can you see his little toes?

Why do my horses have fingers and toes and a face on the shoulder? Because they are Magical Beings who can change form according to whim and fancy – why be a boring old human when you sift into Horse or Bird or Whale? Here’s Rock Slide, now polished and all gussied up with a pretty background:

All images © Angela Treat Lyon 2010, all rights reserved internationally

Many, many years ago, I did a slew of portraits for people. A couple of weeks ago, my brother contacted me and asked me to do ones of his grandkids.

Quite frankly, I didn’t know if I was too rusty, but I said yes anyway – what the heck. Why not try it and see if the old fingers remember what to do, right?

I’m so pleased with the results! Here are photos of the portraits of Hunter and Caroline. Cool, no?