The Animal Lover at 17 years old

In the later part of my Mother's life, she started to paint pictures with oil base paint. She painted flowers, landscapes, beach scenes and animals. Mother had painted probably seven years when she said she wanted to paint a portrait. She painted a picture of herself and a girl-friend. The picture was taken in their senior year of high school. She worked on that for probably a year. I really do not know if she ever finished it.
I got a phone call from her one day saying she was painting a portrait of me...... O K , witch one I ask. She said the one that was taken of me in a portrait class that I took. I took a class in photography and in that class there was a part in portrait taking,( a very small part)
Anyway she was painting a picture of me. This is the finished picture. Me at 17 years old.

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Love ya, Fern