6 week old Silas » Baby Photography Aldergrove

It was an impromptu mini session.

Audrey and I had a nice cup of coffee. The kids went outside and WE played.

Silas was alert and content and then he ate and slept for us. A dream session.

Someone recently told me that they ‘recognized’ my house from this painting. Even though they had never been over before. Just from photos they had seen.

It’s big, it’s beautiful and it’s bold and I have a love/hate relationship with it. Many people stare at me in disbelief when I say the love/hate thing. Some offer to trade artwork. Some offer to buy it. Art (my husband, not the painting) won’t let me part with it.

Why do I sometimes hate it? It’s hard to decorate with because I tend to love colors like turquoise and pale blues. If you love turquoise, you should check out this blog. Drooool.

For the longest time, our walls were a really beautiful green — best green I’ve ever seen on a wall. But with the red painting, I felt like I was living in perpetual Christmas colors. And my Christmas colors aren’t even red and green!

We painted our walls pale yellow with green undertones to compliment the painting and the chairs we purchased. Finally I could enjoy the painting again!

I’d love to share with you the artist’s name: Eric Schaap. He doesn’t appear to be selling his work anymore, but his son EW Schaap, learned under him and has a very similar style.

Back to the star of the show. He’s such a sweetie. At 6 weeks, I was happy to get those sleeping shots AND the wide awake and alert shots.

Thanks Audrey & Silas for a sweet little mini session!