A little portfolio of my portraits.

This is for friendly k8. She makes gorgeous fabric paintings like these:
She wants a portrait of her charming niece and I want to make it for her...
so just as a quick portfolio review...


This picture (used here without permission) put the nail in the coffin of a dying friendship. The photographer said that it was copyright infringement and I couldn't sell the painting. Which I haven't done. I immediately removed the piece from Etsy just in case, but I personally felt that my paintings were so far removed from the original that there isn't enough of a degree of similarity for it to be considered substantially similar under copyright law. Verbal license had been given at the time that the painting was created.

So, I must be sure that the photos I'll be using for your piece will be copyright free or with permission. I would not want to be accused of lying and stealing again. (Can you tell I'm still bitter?)

I don't see any harm in posting it here as a portfolio piece, however...



Here is one of the commissions I have done in the past (copyright freely given):

Before....



and



After...






This photo was taken by a good friend (no issues there, she still likes me!)
I blurred out the 2nd girl in this photo, as I don't have her mother's permission, (but I'm sure she'd give it if asked). It is of my daughter and her friend at a Halloween party.

I use a combination of Photoshop and a program called painter to do all of these pictures. You cannot get this effect with Photoshop alone.

This one is of my niece. Isn't she gorgeous!



Well, K8, that should give you enough to go on.... pick me! pick me!