Our French Heritage

This painting is based on photos I took of my children in France where I had rented a beautiful 18th-century house. Here, they have just caught some big frogs. I jokingly told them that frogs were part of their heritage, since that's what the French in Manitoba are called. I love the kids’ delight, playing in the lovely gardens. In this painting, I didn’t use any brown in their hair or faces. I gravitated to colours that I least expected – blues, greens, and magentas. I felt that these colours helped to convey the joie de vivre that exuded from every pore.