AN anonymous family has been brought together with the artist who captured them on canvas thanks to a campaign on social media.

Glasgow-based artist Lynn Howarth was looking through photographs she had taken in the East End of the city when she spotted something in the corner of one.

The dark spot turned out to be a touching image of two little boys sitting on their dad's feet - and Lynn decided the scene deserved to be painted.

But Lynn, a Grays School of Art graduate, always wanted to know who the family were and so she posted her artwork on Facebook.

It took just 31 hours for the power of social media to put her in touch with dad Jamie Robertson and his twins Aidan and Daniel.

Now the four have met with Lynn gifting a copy of the pastel painting to the Robertsons.

Lynn said: "I had been out in the east end taking photographs to inspire some new artwork.

"On looking back over them I saw a dark blob in the top corner of one and, after zooming in, saw this lovely scene of family life that I knew I wanted to paint.

"I wanted to capture what family life is like nowadays and while this was totally incidental to what I was doing it was perfect.

"Although young people are playing computer games they are using them in new ways that doesn't mean they are disconnected from the people around them.

"In this case they're playing Pokemon Go so they're out and about in the fresh air and, while they're on screens, they're still connected to their dad."

Lynn, who has lived in Stepps for 33 years, wanted to know who the little boys and their dad were so she posted her painting on Facebook.

The artist also said that if the family was unhappy about the painting she would take it down.

It made its way onto a Pokemon Go website where someone trawled through past conversations to see if anyone had been in Dennistoun hunting Pokemon on the day the photograph was taken.

Before long Jamie had received a private message asking if he and his boys might be those in the picture.

Jamie, from Kirkintilloch, said: "It's surreal to see a moment that we didn't know was being captured reflected back at us in such a wonderful way.

"It's so interesting to see that Lynn saw the boys sitting on my feet as a loving thing to do when for us it's just par for the course.

"The boys always want to go for miles and miles when they're hunting Pokemon but then they get tired so I let them sit on my feet."

The 41-year-old added: "It is a fantastic picture and I could instantly recognise the boys. Even though you can't see my face my wife also recognised my stance.

"The boys are so accurate, everything about them, the looks on their faces.

"She has captured Aidan's quizzical look and Daniel planning his next move, which is very much him."

Jamie contacted Lynn and Lynn insisted she wanted the family to have a copy of the picture.

But Jamie refused to take one for free and, as a compromise, has donated to a charity of Lynn's choice, a move she called "wonderful and generous".

She asked for the money to go to Parkinson's UK, having already raised £600 from sales of a print of a painting of Billy Connolly.

Lynn met with Jamie and his eight-year-old twins at the weekend to give them the print.

Jamie added: "It's been a very unique couple of days and such a generous thing for Lynn to do."