Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Past People Portraits

Allison

Ages ago a sweet woman named Patty gave me oodles and oodles of vintage photos...such a generous gift for this people painting-loving artist.   I have used them many times as inspiration for my paintings and lately I have been experimenting with these small 5 x 5 inch portraits.  

Picking names can be a challenge at times because most of the photos do not have the people's names on them.  For the portraits in this post I have been naming them after several young ballet dancers who were listed in a ballet program for Alice in Wonderland, which took place over the summer at a nearby park.  I pick a name that seems to fit best with the face in the painting.  I am running out of names, so it is probably time to attend another ballet.  


Grace

Julia
Caroline

Alexis

Abigail
(sold)

Emily

Nadia

Clara and Miranda
I started a new job that is keeping me pretty busy these days.  Not as much time to paint as I would like, but I do make time.  So until next time!

♥ Lisa