Our daughter, Lindsay, never expressed a desire to “take over the business one day” or even follow in my footsteps. But she is an incredibly talented and creative visual artist in her own right. Having provided a few necessary genes and a sizable financial investment in Savannah College of Art and Design, I like to think of her new venture as a subsidiary of Ryden Original Productions, but it’s really her own thing.

I don’t do portraits in watercolor or oil (the closest I get to that is by using a filter in Photoshop) and I certainly don’t design theatrical sets or paint 30-foot murals. But Lindsay does. And she does so in a way you have to see to believe. How do you see what she does? You visit her web site, LindsayRyden.com.

Oh, and yes, that’s a painting up there, not a photo.