http://paulcato.com/blog » Portrait painting http://paulcato.com/blog Paintings and updates from New Zealand artist, Paul Cato Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:15:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Commissioned Portrait Completed http://paulcato.com/blog/a-commissioned-portrait-completed/ http://paulcato.com/blog/a-commissioned-portrait-completed/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:02:53 +0000 Paul Cato http://paulcato.com/blog/?p=74 Of all the figures I have painted up until now I have only once needed to paint a convincing facial likeness. (The painting was of my daughter and the purchasers recognized her, from the painting, in town.) My main objective is usually to paint the feminine form in combination with the landscape. I just haven’t had a desire to do portraits, as such.

In this case my client insisted that I was the right artist for this project, based on some of the figures I had painted previously. This posthumus portrait was painted from a set of photographs, one of which I was told captured that “certain special look” that only astute observers would recognize. It was both gratifying and heart-warming to share the moment with the family when they saw the finished painting and assured me that “every detail” was correct.

Portrait - "Mr Smith"

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