"Shadows of the Home Place"

Some time last fall, Matt & I decided to buy each other our first real painting for Christmas. We wanted to start a collection of beautiful things to pass on to our kids some day. After researching new artsists online, we found Iris Scott's fingerpaintings. We looked through many of her finished pieces and had several in mind as candidates for purchase. But she had others that she had already sold that we loved even more. So Matt contacted her...one thing led to another...and we ended up commissioning an original painting. We told her which of her works were our favorites (we knew we wanted something with trees and shadows) and sent a photo as a starting point. From there, she sent digital sketches so we could flesh out what we wanted. We gave her some general ideas about the "feel" of the piece, and Iris took it from there. Now it is finally finished, framed, and hanging in our dining room. The name of the painting is "Shadows of the Home Place". We are so proud of our new addition!


The original photo

up close look at the painting

finally hanging up