Annabelle with Dark Sunshine and Java Jive in
Just Loves Enough

I’ve never much been captivated with grand events. Instead, the little things often missed in those fleeting moments are what have impacted my life the most.

When I started this painting of Annabelle and the puppies, her mama, Megan expressed how “Annabelle is absolutely delighted about this painting.  She said, ‘Mama, someone loves Mimi’s puppies kissing me enough to want to paint it!!’ ”  How right she was that someone loves it enough! “We’ve shared the [painting] process with her, bought her a little set of watercolors to paint with - only [Annabelle] paints her dinosaur toys!”

I’m sure years from now, Annabelle will remember the excitement of those joyful times with Mimi’s puppies. She may faintly recall some painting that some artist painted of her and the puppies. She might even remember watercolor painting her dinosaur toys! As with much of childhood and the passing of time, new moments and new memories will be in the forefront of her mind and her heart, as they should be.

But for me, I love it enough that this won’t be easily forgotten. That fleeting moment captured in watercolor - the excitement of puppy bundles of fur with four paws, hair tugging and face kissing, and a little girl with golden windblown hair…

©Daune Sheri
November 6, 2018