Summer's Queen (Portrait of Shannon O). Oilbar and graphite on canvas. 18X24. 2014.
Finally finished this commissioned portrait that I've been working on all summer. As it was a gift (and a surprise) for the subject's husband, I couldn't post any updates about this anywhere until after I'd sold it and left a few days for the gift to be given. So, here it is! As there won't be any prints made of this commissioned portrait, I don't have professional photos, just this one above - snapped rather late in the day, as you can tell by the shadows - and the one below, which is slightly better, but a bit gray (owing to being taken on a dark October morning before I sold the painting to my patron). Still, I think this queen of summer shines:
2 comments:
Absolutely beautiful! The details are incredible.
Thank you, Carolyn! The details are what turned this into a 4-month project, as there were long drying periods while all that fine work cured.
The flowers were one area where I had full autonomy, so I painted a bunch of my favorites. I love poppies and anemones - the latter feature prominently in another painting I finished this summer, which I *do* have to have photographed, but hope to share soon!
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