"Christine Elizabeth Unfinished" is Valerie McCaffrey's painting of her granddaughter in her prom dress, working on a painting at the piano. Her parents, in the background, hold a younger version of Christine

Christine Green's oil painting titled "Inner Serenity". Photo by Ken Yuszkus, Salem News, Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Christine Green's oil painting titled "A Mother's Everlasting Presence." Her mother, Cathleen Green, died of cancer in 2010. Photo by Ken Yuszkus, Salem News, Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Christine Green's oil painting titled "Her Glow" depicts her grandmother, Valerie McCaffrey. Photo by Ken Yuszkus, Salem News, Thursday, August 15, 2013.

"Self Portrait In Blue Scarf" by Valerie McCaffrey. McCaffrey teaches painting classes at her Garage School of Art in Beverly Farms. Photo by Ken Yuszkus, Salem News, Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Valerie McCaffrey's painting titled "Painting With Carmella Yager." Photo by Ken Yuszkus, Salem News, Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Christine Green, left, and her grandmother, Valerie McCaffrey, at the Beverly Farms Branch Library where they have a joint art show. Above from left, "Self Portrait In Blue Scarf" by Valerie McCaffrey; Christine Green's oil painting titled "A Mother's Everlasting Presence"; and Christine Green's oil painting titled "Inner Serenity."

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