This is one of my favorite paintings. My oldest daughter was less than a year old and I was told by many people that I wouldn't be able to paint anymore. They were wrong. My daughter went with me to paint with a group a friends. She was dubbed the 'art baby'. While I was drawing the composition for this painting from a still life, set up by a friend of mine, my daughter (almost a year old) sat by my side watching. She was captivated and didn't move a muscle until I finished the drawing.