The very beautiful spirit, Alfreda, came to the portrait show reception, the portrait of her and her boyfriend Reuben are among my favorite. She works long and challenging hours on a farm, and we have gotten to know her well and love her. Reuben couldn’t come but she hopes to  come back to the Round House cafe with her to have coffee and a muffin.

Alfreda has enormous grace and presence – she sat for me underneath her portrait –  she has worked hard for years to help her family back in Mexico, and her spirit is all love and connection. I tried to capture some of that love in her portrait with Reuben, and it is one of the favorites, people were talking about that photo all day.

We share our community with many farm workers, they are rarely seen in town or on Main Street, they work and work. It has been a blessing to us to get to know Alfreda, and share in the glow of her loving spirit. She stayed at the reception, talking to people in her broken English, laughing and share our community.