The Cottage Garden

 I found an antique photograph at the Portersville Steam Tractor Show this summer. It was of two sisters from the early twentieth century in long dresses, standing in a very spare yard or garden. Then I found a picture of a cottage garden that I found memorable for it's very claustrophobic sort of landscaping. I decided to combine the two elements to make an outdoor garden scene that was somehow very closed and claustrophobic and a bit creepy. Here is my first day at it.
You can see how Cottage Maids in the Autumn Garden turned out at My Good Babushka. Painting, Chainmail. Knitting and Embroidery

Girls on a Pony

A picture of my sisters on a carousel prop horse, posing for photos about a decade before my picture on a similar carousel horse. As Seen Here. This brushwork is a little tighter and the colors are more subdued, but I really consider this one a very successful little piece. See the finished piece here.