Portrait Portfolio:
a selection of character portraits that reveal the subject in a casual light.

This collection of paintings by John Burk represents a new and growing category of portraits of family members (so far) in a manner hardly formal.  They are careful constructions of the subject with one object in mind besides capturing a likeness: to capture something of that person in an environment or circumstance that helps to define and endear them--to me, anyhow.  If there's some kind of wackiness going on, all the better.  As I develop this portfolio, you may find you have someone you'd like to add to it.  Being young, I find, contributes to endearment.