Ben's painting/Theories

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Identity of woman

• The painting is of Karen DeGroot.
• The painting is of Ben's mother, Emily.
• The painting is of Rachel Carlson, and she is holding the pregnant male fieldmouse her sister Juliet mentioned in "Not in Portland".
• The painting could have been modified to look more like Juliet, and is holding the male field mouse she impregnated in her hands.
• It is a generic painting from one of those "Starving Artist" sales.
• It is Annie.
• She has something to do with DHARMA.
• She is someone from Ben's family.
• She is related to the Orchid station, because of the anthuriums.
  • Note: Those flowers are not anthuriums, they are lilies. Anthuriums have heart shaped flowers and heart shaped leaves.
• She is one of the original Island inhabitants.
• One version of the painting is Carole Littleton. The other version depicts Claire.
• The painting is of the former Other Eloise Hawking, possibly holding her eponymous rat.
• The painting is of Theresa Spencer and Eloise, the first experimental time travelers in Faraday's experiments.

Object in her hands

• It's a hamster.
• It is a baby rabbit.