My host family in Oak Park, Illinois.

Oil on Canvas

Size of 20F

It was my first birthday of 25 in Chicago in 1991 winter. They were young Christine, Kattie, and Patrick when they were about 10, 5, and 8. I still remember vividly the first morning when I was waken up by little Kattie, a lovely smiling face with big blue eyes and blond hairs stock in my eyes. They made a cake for me with 25 or 26 candles on it. If I remember correctly, the picture on the cake was a car which I was getting used to driving at that time. Their mom, Gwen, visited my family last year, and I am painting her now. I painted this one several years ago, but kept forgetting to put in the blog. I painted it with dots, a different approach to me.