His masterpiece is finished!!!!!!! Actually - the mockup - AND the masterpiece! Why? Because he takes his art SO seriously that he did research, and explored with colors and textures and wanted to make the BEST that he could for his Auntie Dreemie!

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I have to tell you - before I even saw the final masterpiece - I saw this image from @lymepoet's blog. I got the DM when I would off the mountain - saw this preview image - and just almost burst into happy tears of joy looking at my little artist's hands. Look at the hands!!!! 😊

Do you know what I'm going to do with this picture? I'm going to print it out and put it on the bottom corner of the finished masterpiece! Because I always want to remember that these little paint-covered hands were the ones who made a beautiful work of art for me! 😍

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Please. PLEASE. I don't want to rewrite the story of how he created these. His mom (@lymepoet) already did a beautiful job explaining the process - and I promise you, it's worth the visit to these links! He actually DREAMED the vision of the second one.... (dreamed? or dreemed! hehehehe)

The process for The Pond and Dragon Steps

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So which one did I choose? The first one (the mock up), entitled The Pond (the place where Fireflies dance - yes, he even included his research on me! hehehee) or.... Dragon Steps (yes - yes! I love dragons too!!!!)

Well.... I loved both. I could see the passion in BOTH! But, the tears of joy fell with the one that my little artist DREAMED in his mind. I absolutely love fireflies.... that's undeniable! But.... I think you all know that DREAM (or dreem hehehe) is one of my very special words. Plus, the colors, textures, and love just JUMPS out to me from that canvas! If I can only pick one - it must be DRAGON STEPS! hehehehehe

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And now, to the mother of this little artist, @lymepoet. I call him "my little artist" but he is YOUR little artist first, foremost, and forever! hehehe Thank you for building such a passion in this child for art and creativity and passion! He has touched my life in a special way, and this beautiful painting will always serve as a special reminder of the beautiful mind of this beautiful child! I cannot wait to display this little beauty in my home! I hope one day we can meet and I can give a hug to my artist! and now.... now begins the most difficult work. How to fully express my thanks to him without turning this into a financial transaction. I want to honor your request of building this up in him as a joy and not a job! Please help me to come up with a way that he will have a little piece of me to remember this too! :)

Thank you all for reading and enjoying these paintings and this child with me! Sending love and joy to you all today!

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