LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY HAILEY HARROLD 24"x30"

From Janet (Grammy) Harrold:

Initially I had a hard time thinking about the subject, but I knew I wanted Hailey to take a large part in deciding what we should paint. I told her I thought a landscape would be best and that it should be abstract art. I asked her to write down some things that we should include in our painting, and she wrote down "tree's, a walking path and a sunset." I outlined a loose landscape on canvas.

My original thought was that this is going to be a huge mess!! I could just see paint flying everywhere, but honestly, Hailey was into it. She tried very hard to keep her movements under control and she did well. We mixed some colors, and I gave her a brush and advised her where to start painting. After working for a long time, she became tired, so I helped her to stay steadier by guiding her hand and cleaning up lines and adding the trees. She was finally seeing it come together after hours of hard work. I could tell that she was proud of her accomplishment.

Every piece of work that I have painted since Hailey was born has a green cerebral palsy ribbon discreetly placed somewhere in the painting. I asked her if she also wanted to include one and she did. I wanted her to sign it solo but she insisted both of our names be on it as we worked on it together.

This painting collaboration is special to me as it is the first serious piece of art that we worked on together and it is priceless.