This custom portrait was commissioned by my client as a special gift for her sister, to capture this serene moment between the sister's daughter (my client's niece) and their french bulldog. When her sister shared this photo with my client, she said, "this is how I want to remember the pandemic." As I worked on this artwork, I kept thinking of scenes and illustrations from Winnie the Pooh, and marveling at how moments like these have also studded my experience of the pandemic with small children.