See that gal? The first one on the left with the long blonde hair? Well that's our Jamie.
And why is she standing with three other people - each holding the same painting?
That painting is of Napili Kai beach resort on Maui, a very special place to Jamie and her family. In the 1960's Jamie's grandparents began visiting every year. Now 4 generations of her family have made Napili Kai a summer family vacation tradition. The resort holds many joyful memories for her and her family.
Last fall Jamie began creating her own original painting of this bay from images and her memory. She came to class several times every week, put in hours on her own at home and incorporated a number of private lessons in order to complete the piece before the Christmas holidays.
It was a lot of work but she made it with about a week to spare and had the painting imaged, printed and framed. And you can see the happy smiles as her family received them for Christmas.
Although she intended this as a gift for her family, Jamie's greatest gift actually became a gift of inner growth. All her hard work and time has resulted in an exceptional mastery in oil painting.
I watch her in my classes deftly executing painting after painting with superb skill and speed. She put in a lot of hours last year - and now it's totally paying off.
A few months worth of investment has created Jamie into a first-rate artist. You go girl!
This is awesome! She is clearly very talented!! I'm sure having such a great teacher helped her to come so far so quickly. Great work, both of you! :)
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