Bolivian Aymara Woman bathing her child. Although many of the Bolivian Aymara people that we worked with would not have access to a bathtub, some do if they live in the city. This painting was inspired by a friend's story about her children.

Totora Reed boats are made from dried tall totora reeds that grow around Lake Titicaca and other altiplano lakes in Bolivia and Peru. Usually these boats are rowed near the shorelines but well experienced boaters will use a sail of this fashion while laying fishing nets.

Children as young as six or eight care for younger siblings while also helping their mother's in street side markets. Bu the time a girl is ten or twelve she is well experienced in caring for babies. The cloth in which the baby is strapped to sisters back is an aguayo used for carrying anything that one would put into a backpack, even lambs or alpaca cria.

In the high altiplano boys and girls are often expected to herd the flocks of llama and alpaca. This boy show care and affection for the alpaca cria. This is two young criters together or paya cria in the Aymara language.

This rocking chair belong to my husbands grandparents when his mother was a newborn child. When my older daughter was a baby her Grandmother rocked her in the same chair that Grandma had enjoyed as a child. A photo of the event inspired this pencil drawing.

My Father inherited two dogs from my sister when she was working abroad and traveling. He grew to dearly love his pets. This painting I did to commemorate my Fathers attachment to his dogs.

A pastor and his wife in North Carolina dearly love their daughter. This painting preserves her character as a child.

Our younger daughter, Rachel, during her year stay in Costa Rica. Rachel liked to take the leaves of a nearby split leaf philodendron and hold them to the sides of her head as she played elephant.

Our older daughter, Melissa, while in Costa Rica. Melissa struggled through bilingual kindergarten and first grade that year while her younger sister more quickly learned Spanish.

This Bolivian women of Quechua descent was dressed for a festival or possible to go to church. The aquayo cloth that she wears over her shoulders serves as a carry-all backpack.

Bolivian Aymara children work alongside of their parents in street market stalls or while shopping in the markets. This painting is a memory typical of a boy selling produce on behalf of a family farm. This picture was loaded at 3:00 am Tuesday, 12 November 2019 to test the php of the artLogEntry page.