All Mine

A great painting begins with great references, and I had our daughters’ bunny “Hoppy” following me around the studio and sleeping on my feet at the easel. But the real gem was a photo a friend took of a child with a mesmerizing expression. I prayed I could capture the protective look, the tightness of her mouth, and the grip she had on her bunny.

I decided to change the scene. Flowers became straw, and a prissy shirt was traded for overalls. Her blue jean hat became a large straw one. I have painted many children through the years, but if I may claim an artist’s favorite, All Mine would be it.

I painted furiously, hoping to make my deadline, but I had to surrender my efforts to the FedEx driver when he arrived. I was frustrated to ship an unfinished work. However, weeks later when the art samples arrived, All Mine was just the right amount of unfinished.

Today, the original painting of All Mine hangs in the foyer of our new mountaintop home. The young child greets me, clinging to her bunny, and I still haven’t decided if she will share or not. But I do know her eyes are a mystery, for no matter where I stand, or where I go, she follows me!

Kathryn Fincher creates meaningful artwork that moves the soul. She is renowned for her paintings of children in the style of Norman Rockwell. Classically trained, her attention to detail and lighting are the source for many international awards and collections. Kathy’s paintings of children were deemed a national treasure when she received a Grammy Award for the Visual Arts by the Save the Arts Foundation.  Her painting, The Dream Keepers, was introduced in the Oval Office and later inducted into the permanent collection of the Presidential Library of G.W. Bush. Based on the painting, Fincher designed The Dream Keepers 911 Memorial, the largest children’s memorial featuring seven children restoring the American Dream by shaping the flag with their handprints.

Her most notable work to date is an 8’ bronze monument of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr; I’ve Been to the Mountaintop. Commissioned for Peace Park in Atlanta, Georgia by the National Monuments Foundation.  The grand scale work was unveiled in 2023 as the only monument of MLK talking to God.

Fincher’s hope is that the stories in her artwork will turn the viewer to their own children and realize they are gifts from above. Havenlight is proud to release from the personal archives of Kathryn Andrews Fincher, the spirit of childhood through one of America’s favorite children’s painters.

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