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He has taken that ubiquitous pinto pony all horsed-up in silver and black western tack, the pony that shows up in every family photo album with the birthday child in full cowboy regalia astride, and he has recreated the duo in colored pencils, substituting a static farm field for the traditional subdivision brick rambler. Even more arresting is Mamma on the porch. She’s drawn from the perspective of a child, looking up from the bottom step at this most powerful of figures.
Cynthia Mahon’s photograph of children at recess on Harbour Island freezes the universal grins of kids anywhere out of school. Only the vibrant colors are more captivating than the expressions.
Phyllis McCreary’s impressionistic vision of mother and daughter at water’s edge has all the softly rounded edges of childhood’s summer. Her expressive use of color, light and texture combine to spark memories of lazy August afternoons when vacation seemed to stretch into eternity and we thought September would never come again.
Other works have a touch of whimsey or humor.
Elsa Rosenthal brings a smile with her photograph of a child chasing a bubble, unmindful of the draw
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