http://customtoyportrait.com Original, Affordable Works of Art Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://customtoyportrait.com/blog/max-and-jack/ http://customtoyportrait.com/blog/max-and-jack/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:24:11 +0000 Custom Toy Portrait http://customtoyportrait.com/?p=808 11″x14″ acrylic, 2010. This painting of Max and his cat is not a toy portrait of course, but is a follow-up to my painting of Max’s sister Lilly and her toy frog. Max’s mother Wendy says that Max does not have a particular favorite toy, but he is very attached to Jack the cat. She says that Max slings Jack over his shoulder and carries him around that way, and Jack doesn’t seem to mind a bit!

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