Uncle Sam

My mom's Great Uncle Sam was a well known artist in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.  His early work in  portraiture, is filled with members of my mother's family, and my favorite piece is this image below.  I love it for so many reasons; it's of my grandmother, it has a really sweet story behind the 'sitting' (she kept falling asleep as he painted), but what I love most of all is that it hangs in my parents home.  I am an obvious sucker for sentiment, and this piece oozes everything I love times three.

Samuel Rosenberg (1896-1972)