"Et in Arcadia Nos' is a family portrait among other things. I actually started painting my partner Jane in before any of our children had arrived; the boys slowly found their places in the picture as it evolved, but by the time our youngest child came along I had run out of space. We sometimes joke that she's the gorilla.
The title ('We too are in Arcady') is a reworking of 'Et in Arcadia Ego', the name of Poussin's famous painting..." http://www.conorwalton.com/gallery07/arcadia_essay.htm