Oh My! Pumpkins Are In The Stores! .

Every autumn, when the pumpkins appear in the stores, I remember my favourite acrylic painting of my daughter (when she was quite little) hugging the pumpkin that she had just carved.

This makes me smile every time I look at it and I hope it makes you smile too!

My Little Pumpkin (6 x 6 acrylic)
Based on a photograph of my daughter (Dowling, Ontario)
on flickr 

"Sony"

This is my latest acrylic, the second in a four piece grouping. It features my son when he was very young doing what he loved to do most - hide in boxes.

"Sony" 6x6 acrylic
Artist: Cindi Moynahan-Foreman

The previous piece in this series was called "Pumpkin" of my daughter when she was quite young.

"Pumpkin" 6x6 acrylic
Artist Cindi Moynahan-Foreman

The pair

The Concept Sketches

My art journal value sketches for "Pumpkin" and "Sony"
(note how Sony box values were adjusted)

My art journal concept sketches for a grouping of
four 6x6 acrylics

My Little Pumpkin

This 6 x 6 acrylic is based on a photograph of my daughter when she was four or five years old and we lived in Dowling, Ontario.

Acrylic (6x6) "Pumpkin"
Artist: Cindi Moynahan-Foreman

Autumn is beautiful in the far north. My Hallowe'en memories from when I lived there include paper pumpkin lanterns lining our driveway, an oversized balloon bat stuck to the front of the house, a laughing welcome wreath that would shout "Happy Hallowe'en" whenever someone walked in front of it and so many more.

In this painting, I love the dark colours  and the orange of the large pumpkin, the pattern on my daughter's beautiful dress and how she is hugging the jack-o-lantern.

This was a joy to paint!

Kitty

Sketch: 6x6 Acrylic on Canvas Paper
Artist: Cindi Moynahan-Foreman