Portrait of My Mother Canvas Print

For this painting I used a photograph taken from 1954 of my parents. My mother was 19 at the time and I think this is from their wedding celebration?
The photo was a household icon that I was used to seeing around
as a child growing up. It resurfaced in the 90's and I promised my self
that I would base a painting on it. Completed it in 2005 unfortunately my mother passed away two years later.

I presently reside in Yaroomba near the town of Coolum Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. I have been consistently producing art work for a good portion of my life. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and an Art Education Certificate from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. I was born and raised in the city of Chicago, but since 1996 I live and work in Australia . My artistic influences are pretty eclectic. I am thoroughly steeped in the history of western art from ancient to modern and I have explored thoroughly the art of Islam, ancient Greek, Roman, Sumerian and Egyptian art as well. My work can vary from the abstract to the strictly academic, from the surreal to the illustrative. I paint what I feel like painting in...