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Old 04-06-2012, 11:01 AM
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Charlie and Jesus (Hey-sous) the parrot
I painted to this one for a good friend who bid on a gift certificate for a 12"x12" pet portrait. It was for a Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser and Lucy put on an amount way more than the value of the certificate, so when she asked me to do a painting of her son WITH his pet I could not refuse. The painting was a bit of a struggle, I'm not used to doing portraits of people (as opposed to animals) and I had broken the single light source rule when taking my reference photos - there was a skylight above them in adition to a window to the left. Anyway, here is the result of a combination of two reference photos. Charlie looked better in one, and I really liked how Jesus was snuggling against his cheek in the other. It's 16"x20", acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
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Frank, this is a wonderful portrait -- both painterly and tender. I am so glad you posted it.
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this is wonderful, hearttouching and extremely well painted. your handling of the light is masterful, IMHO.

I really hope to see more of your work here!



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Frank - Well done!! Truly a great double portrait - I really like this one ...
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Lovely work!

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I don' know what it means when you got goosebumps, but I got goosebumps as I looked at that. I think goosebumps are a good thing...
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Thank you Susan, Andy, Mark, Kevin, and Crafor!
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Well done Frank, a really nice painting of both of them.
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I love this!- the story and especially the painting!
You have handled the subject beautifully, and it certainly looks like you are a portrait painter- of humans and birds!
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Lovely!

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Thank you Laurence, Bethany, and Carol, for your kind comments.
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Tender and moving are the words that come to my mind looking at this. What a lovely painting.
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great painting..
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I really like your style. Well done.
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I like it very much too! Nice story as well
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