Eleven days ago I watched a video Why People Commission Portraits by Gwenn Seemel.
(take a moment watch her video)
One of the reasons it struck a cord with me is because I am a portraiture artist.
In the video she speaks about many different reasons someone may commission a portrait.
The one main reason someone would commission is portrait is "making special".
You make something special when you make it into art.
A painted portrait has a hand made quality about it that a photograph lacks.
I looked up from my computer to see a photo of my sisters and I from 2007.
This was a special moment for us so I decided to make it
even more special by making it a piece of art.
I finished it today!
Here it is!
The actual photo was captured in 2007.
When we were together we would go into laughing fits, sometimes for no reason.
Just acting silly. One would laugh then the others would follow suit.
During this time when we were having our photo taken Judy decided to pinch Linda's butt.
Linda burst out laughing.
That is all it took to create a chain reaction of antics that continued for a while.
When I close my eye and become still I can recall the laughter from that moment time.
"Making Special"
that is exactly what I did by painting this portrait.
Thank You, Gwenn!
