Part 4. The Commission. Poster Studies

So after the best photos are picked out with the client, I ruthlessly go through them at home and always ask myself as I go along…”Is this them?”… “Is this the child I met?”… And also, “ Is this how they would want to be remembered 20 years from...

Part 3. The Commission. Preventing the “Dinner Plate Portrait”

Kids are fun. Their personalities are so apparent even at an early age, so when I go to take photos of young children, it is best to get to know them a bit first…. When painting small children, good photo references are crucial. They will not sit still for a painting...

Part 2. The Commission. Cookies and Contracts

There was a story going around for years of a woman who was dining at a department store restaurant and at the end of eating one of the store’s “famous recipe” cookies, she asked for the recipe….. She got a copy of the recipe, but when she got her...

Part 1. The Commission.

Most artists have a love/hate relationship with commissions, because they create a threesome- the artist, the artwork and now the client. If you know my work only from facebook, exhibitions or magazines, you may not realize that I have done a lot of commissions. I...

Fingerprints

There is a gremlin in my house. It leaves fingerprints all over the place. Especially on door jambs, light switches and on handles…… I think in most homes, the mom would scold the kids of the house, but I know better. It is just me. I am afraid I am the guilty...