HCL- The three-year-old down the street and hydrochloric acid might have the same initials, but it's no match for her power to melt your heart.  'Might be one or two repeats in this post, but there it is!  She's worth it.

HCL as P3- From a photo by her dad entitled Three Peas.  Age about 14 months.  Watercolour on 300lb. paper

HCL in Sunshine- Caught in the afternoon light of their living room by her dad.  Age 18 months.  My most popular painting.  The blurry section on the right was the result of an accident.  Many watercolour artists will tell you accidents are often the unexpected cause of a successful painting.  Watercolour on 200 lb paper

HCL aig a'Ghluine (At the Knee)  Title from an old Gaelic phrase.  This was a graphite study for a three figure image in the landscape.  Age 27 months.  Her mom's knee.   Graphite on paper

HCL in Pink-  A tiny (4"X5")  portrait  from the sketch above.  Age 30 months.  Oil on masonite board

HCL at Shubie-  Checking out the slide alongside the historic Shubenacadie Canal here in Dartmouth, NS.  A rather quick, charcoal sketch with a dash of pastel colour.  Age 38 months.  On paper.

HCL at TIBS-  Like their dad, her five-year-old brother loves to photograph people.  Whenever he tries to catch her, she throws one of her crazy poses.  In a local coffee shop on the hottest day of the summer which resulted in a "bad hair day" image.  Age 39months.  Semi-hard pastels on smooth paper 

HCL in Fall Sunrise.  I roused HCL and her mom early one fall morning to pose for a picture they weren't even going to be in!  I just needed a little girl and an adult to get the scale right.  Like the troopers they are, they turned out on the front lawn.  I did this quick pastel sketch as a practice piece on smooth paper.  Age 40 months

HCL- Hey Look!-  This picture one from a previous post seemed a good choice as a close out of this Mini-show of one of my favourite subjects.  It was the day she and her brother discovered Cow Bay, near Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.  Age 39 months.  Acrylic on canvas

HCL on the Harbour Trail-  Out for a walk with Mom, big brother and I.  Her brother snapped this pic of HCL on the Dartmouth side of Halifax harbour.  Looking across in the afternoon sun sun your can see the towers of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia and behind them the banks and parapets of the Halifax Citadel, Canada's most visited historic site.  Age 39 months.