Mother’s Day is here once again to celebrate all the mothers out there…I also like to call this day “labor day”…or “ouch day”. I definitely have a whole new respect for Mother’s Day after seeing Harper Cole bust his way out into this world. So with that said, Harper and I wanted to do something special for Crystal. We wanted to give her something she could always keep and always remember. Well…there’s no doubt she’s going to remember this one!
As I got into photography I got to know an artist by the name of Kelly O’Neill who was somewhat starting out at the time. She had amazing talent and I had always told myself I’d have her draw my child one day. She has since moved to Nashville and done portraits for numerous celebrities and become incredibly popular. It’s wild to see someone start from humble beginnings and work their way up with God-given talent….and that she definitely has.
So I sent her my favorite picture of my lil’ guy and asked if she could do a portrait for Mother’s Day. Needless to say, she was thrilled to draw Harper Cole! What she sent was simply amazing. What’s also amazing is the time it took her to do it! She completed the drawing extremely fast and worked with me on a few minor adjustments to the picture…I say minor because it was practically perfect the first time she showed me. I am absolutely blown away be the detail of her work. You can see the actual picture and the final portrait below. If you ever see it at our house you can see everything down to the stitching in his overalls…simply incredible! In fact, it was so incredible that I had Kelly create 8×10’s of it for the grandmothers as a Mother’s Day gift for them as well! So, yes, Grammy/Granna/Mamaw/GiGi/etc…you all will be getting your own!
I can absolutely, 100% recommend Kelly O’Neill to anyone out there wanting a work of art to cherish forever. You can see her work and hire her for a portrait through her website at http://www.theartistoflife.com. Be sure to tell her I said hi!
Oh, and Kelly even stuck it on her website to describe the process of her portraits! Check it out at: http://www.theartistoflife.com/process.html
So here it is…Crystal’s special Mother’s Day present!
I love my picture of Harper. The lady did such a wonderful job on it! I had a great mothers day and this made it even better! What a wonderful son-in-law I have to remember all of the grandmothers when he got this for Crystal!! I will cherish this forever!
Love, Mama
Excellent picture of our boy. Grammy already has it haging on the wall in the foyer.
Hi! I just stumbled across your blog post from Google images. I’m so happy you love your drawing enough to blog about it!
It was a true joy to work on for you. Harper is seriously one of the cutest kids I’ve ever had the opportunity to draw.
I’ll talk with you soon! Thanks for the glowing review. 🙂
Kelly O’Neill