american artist
Sonia Kane
oil
(Left) This tender scene of a mother
swan and her three babies was painted
from an image captured by photographer
Dave Smith. While his original photo
was very dramatic with entirely black
water, I chose to give it a softer, gentler
look that emphasized the tenderness I
saw. The inspiration for this painting,
as well as many others, was to create
a series of water-themed paintings for
a solo show that would benefit a clean
water and sanitation project. The show,
entitled “Making Ripples: impacting lives
through the art of clean water” took place
this summer and raised several thousand
dollars for a Rotary International project in
the Dominican Republic.