“Wunderkind” is the 8”x12” painting that kicked off the collection of work I created during Lucien’s wean off phenobarbital, an anti-convulsant he’d been on to control his seizures. He was diagnosed with epilepsy at 2 months, and his seizures stopped immediately on that medication. When he had made it through 18 months of seizure freedom with normal follow up EEG’s, his neurologist decided we could do a trial wean to see if his condition had completely gone into remission (otherwise known as having “outgrown” his seizures). I painted “Wunderkind” to process the emotions I experienced after that visit. No matter how big and independent he gets, he’s still my magical baby.