Portrait Portfolio

A quick guide to getting the best reference shots for an artist

After having met the family for one sitting, seen where the portrait would hang and discussed the pose and what they'd wear, work began to note their skin tones, personalities, gesture. After taking and agreeing on photos to be used, I return to my home studio, where the work to created the portrait in earnest begins...

The story of the commission of a child's portrait by her photographer father. 

 

 Timeless image of a child created with children’s bookshops or charities in mind.

 How a portrait can memorialise a special moment for a special occasion

How a portrait can memorialise a special moment.

Timeless images of a child created with children's bookshops or charities in mind. A mixture of drawn portraits and oil on canvas portraits.

The story of my painting of ‘Daisy reading Julia Donaldson's The Smartest Giant in Town’ for the current Lots Road Group exhibition ‘The Art of Reading’ and an interview with the children's author!  Discover her Desert Island book...

 

 The story of a family portrait in oils from conception to unveiling

Autobiographical portraits have a universal feel that stretches across the years to remind us of our own pasts.

 

Portraits drawn, or in oils like this one, to evoke universal childhood memories.

An exciting commission to portray blonde, brunette and redhead sisters, and their differing personalities, on the brink of leaving the nest. Florence, Phoebe and Eleanor Gibson oil on canvas portraits.