Ellie Moore
Fine Art
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