Portrait Category: Adults
Colleen and Pip, 9×12, oil on panel
A husband wanted to surprise his wife with a portrait of her late, beloved horse, so he commissioned me to paint this from a photo. He managed to keep it secret from her up until we welcomed her into my studio and presented it to her. It was a very memorable moment for all of …
Alice, 10.5 x 13, oil on panel
Alice is 96. Her children commissioned me to do this portrait of her sitting in the shade of her front porch with her hot pink pashmina shawl around her shoulders. It is clear that she didn’t reach this age by focusing on regrets, and her bright smile radiates her joy in the moment. When I …
