Mother and Children Series 3
- Penguin 1 and 2

Mixed media on a canvas
24"x24", 2015. #3612 and #3613

The "Mother and Children" series features three animal subjects (Series1 - Pigs was sold).

These Penguin paintings are a series of three paintings exploring gap between her dream and reality.

This was originally a series of two penguin paintings, but I decide to add additional details more recently (#3614).

I am using the same picture, but I decided to add more meaning abstractly to this painting.

When I painted this one, I was really busy raising two kids,

and I felt a lot of frustration at not having more time to spend on myself, including time to paint.

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In the right painting (Penguin-1),

the mother penguin really needs a relaxing vacation from the daily struggles of raising kids.

And meanwhile everybody in the background is enjoying their vacation.

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In the left painting (Penguin-2),

the mother penguin really needs a relaxing vacation from the daily struggles of raising kids.

And finally they are ready to take a vacation but the vacation season is over .​