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“As I painted this I sensed the hurt my brother felt when I came along in the family. My oldest brother having been born with Cerebral Palsy, the other brother in the painting had become my parents renewed hope and was the little prince until I came along. Now he was demoted to the middle child. He always felt so much was expected from him because my father, though a hard worker and good provider was usually away at work or drinking and when home causing a disturbance. He was in many ways the main support of the family.”

Elizabeth P.