In Gabon, women held the family together.  They leave for the fields first thing in the morning and come back before dark.  They tend the fields all day and still find the energy to cook at night.  It was an uneven division of labor.  I tried to show the Gabonese woman's resilience in this painting.  "Mama Antoinette", gouache 10"x14"

Sleeping child

A common sight in Gabonese villages is a mother with a sleeping child wrapped in a sheet. I recall my mother in the Philippines carrying my youngest brother this way also.  This painting is titled "Sleeping child", watercolor on 9"x12" Lanaquarelle paper.   

My younger daughter, who just turned 9 a week ago, has been riding since she was about 5 years old. I thought her love for horses was a just a phase since girls go through their "my little pony" phase all the time.  But, it was a love affair that's going really strong. She thinks everyone who's from Kentucky is really lucky. This is a painting of her when she was 6, titled "Waiting her turn", gouache 11"x14".