the berry picker

the berry picker by kyle parker cunningham

Mika picking berries for the first time with her mother Selena.

I fell in love with this image of Mika, her eyes staring straight into my being wide full of wonder and joy of that magic which is picking a huckleberry from the edge of a trail.

Oil painting in progress on an easel showing a young child in a white dress looking directly at the viewer while a woman beside her offers berries, rendered in expressive brushwork against a gray background.