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Portrait Commission: A Beloved Grandmother

It was a pleasure to be entrusted to paint my client's beautiful Grandmother, based on an early black-and-white photo.

An artist knows a wonderful subject when they see one; I had to do justice to what was already a lovely photograph, restoring her to full colour with an outfit befitting her glamour, adding in personal details.

It was a challenge to reconstruct the information that's typically missing from these early photos (subtleties of facial planes, crisp details, colour temperature etc) - and then find that elusive essence of character again that was so magnetic in the first place!

I usually paint rectangular compositions, so to hold the finished oval between thumb and finger was a lovely feeling - harking back to traditional portrait miniatures of old!

SOLD (commissioned work)

Acrylic on 100% Cotton Paper

7 x 5.5cm

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