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INTRODUCING: Family Tree Legacy Portraits

A wonderful legacy gift for your children, grand children or even yourself. The Family Tree Legacy Portraits consist of two 16 x 20 keepsake single figure portrait busts, done from your treasured family photographs. Each bust is highlighted by a hand painted and gilded oval border. Starting at $4800 for a pair, they are a gift of heritage that your great grandchildren will benefit from.

CONTACT the studio today to have your family tree legacy portraits ready for September.

A WORLD OF FACES (News of interest to fans of portraiture):

05/10/12:

Lucian Freud, Portraits – National Portrait Gallery
A lovely ode to the late Lucian Freud. I was fortunate to have seen his work at the Tate Britain a couple years ago. Last couple weeks for this show if you are lucky to be in London this month.

WEB Source: Lucian Freud, Portraits – National Portrait Gallery

Further Information: http://www.npg.org.uk/freudsite/

05/09/12:

Kehinde Wiley On the World Stage: A Conversation With the Artist
Beautifully executed portraits that challenge from the inside. I very much enjoyed this article and the images, I will have to keep an eye out for opportunities to see the real thing.

WEB Source: Kehinde Wiley On the World Stage: A Conversation With the Artist

05/08/12:

Duchess Kate gets private portrait painted for William
I don't suppose there is any chance the $39000 dollar "private" portrait & birthday gift is in any way risque.

WEB Source: Duchess Kate gets private portrait painted for William

05/07/12:

In Pictures: BP Portrait Award 2012 shortlist
Inspiration from the world of portraiture competitions...

WEB Source: In Pictures: BP Portrait Award 2012 shortlist

05/04/12:

Minister Steven Blaney Chooses Powerful Portrait Depicting Afghanistan Ramp Ceremony
"The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced he has selected a heart-wrenching painting by Corporal Joel Green to hang in his office on Parliament Hill. The Minister invited Cpl. Green to witness the installation this morning of the artist's powerful ramp ceremony portrait. Entitled Slow March, the painting features four members of the Canadian Armed Forces carrying the casket of a fallen signal operator from Cpl. Green's unit, during a ramp ceremony in Afghanistan in 2007."

WEB Source: Minister Steven Blaney Chooses Powerful Portrait Depicting Afghanistan Ramp Ceremony

05/03/12:

35 years of portraits of the Queen from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters
An interesting slide show of some of the official paintings done of Queen Elizabeth II. Most interesting is the personal anecdotes from artists who develop relationships with the sitter and become like members of the household over the course of multiple sittings.

WEB Source: 35 years of portraits of the Queen from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

05/02/12:

‘Earliest portrait' of a transvestite found
"An art dealer claims that the 18th century portrait, formerly thought to depict a woman, is the earliest known formal painting of a man in drag in Western art history."

WEB Source: ‘Earliest portrait' of a transvestite found

02/03/12:

At Christmas this year my mother asked me if anyone had ever painted a portrait of me. I had never really thought about it, but other than self portraits, the answer was no. So to the right is her portrait of me in the act of painting my own portrait. This got me thinking about portraits of artists, wherupon I came across an article about Jason Schmidt, an environmental photographer whose practice consists mainly of photographing artists. I love Schmidt's photographs of visual artists who normally let their work represent them.

WEB: Jason Schmidt's Portraits of Artists

Portrait of a Portrait Artist by Karen McMillin Stoney Acres Studio

01/30/12:

Everyone loves a novelty, and "Paul" has the sales to prove it!
Paul is essentially a camera attached to a robotic arm which registers the differences in light and shade on a drawing surface. Paul does not compose or dicern. Paul does continue a conversation artists have been having with themselves since the invention of photography, what distinguishes an artist from an organic camera? Since Tresset asserts that he remains the artist I assume we will continue with the idea that it is the idea that separates the two entities, no mater how similar the end product may look.

WEB Source: Is it art – or science? The robotic Rubens that redefines portraiture

01/29/12:

I don't follow football, but I have eaten a pizza or two, and while the pizza atempts to combine a love of food, football and fineart, I'm not sure the pizza has that yummy gotta eat it look. What do you think of Joe's "cheesey" idea?

WEB Source: Madison pizzeria creates 'face' pizzas with Saban, Bryant in honor of Alabama's championship win

01/15/12:

A huge round of applause for Pith, 23rd Avenue Art Club, my former comrades at Art Point Gallery & Studios, Burns Visual Art Society, Alberta Printmakers and the Art Proof Gallery, Frameco, Inglewwod Art Supply, and all of the other artists and arts ventures in the Inglewood area whose perseverance keeps a vibrant creative community going.

WEB Source: A neighbourhood is the sum of its arts City facilities located largely in the core By Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald

01/12/12:

An exhibition of renaissance portraiture on view at the Met proves that the hand painted image reigns supreme in the face of time. Six hundred years and the legacy of those who commissioned these portraits continues...lets see digital files, desktop publishing and video monitors match that sort of longevity!

VIDEO: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Welcomes Renaissance Portraiture.

WEB Source: The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini