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Oil Portraiture: Realistic Subject with Abstract Background

Before beginning this blend of realist and abstract oil portraiture of a little girl in a white dress in front of an abstract backgroundoil portraiture, I had the opportunity to visit the house of my clients. I noticed almost all their other artwork was abstract with very basic primary colors. I also knew that they had chosen me to paint their daughter because of my own realistic way of capturing likenesses. As I love to integrate my painting into my clients’ houses, it was natural for me to make a plan to adapt my realistic oil portrait painting with their tastes.

More recently, the little girl’s mother sent me this note: “The portrait seemed amazing when we first got it, but now, 2 years later, it is even more enjoyable because she has changed so much and it’s so neat to see her at that time in her life. You completely captured her. Everyone who views it thinks it is spectacular. One person stood it front of it awed and said, ‘An Artist Painted That?!’ Friends have also remarked on the abstract background because it’s not like what you usually do—but the colors work so well in my house, and all our other paintings in the house are abstract in different degrees. It’s perfect.”

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You can also see this example of oil portraiture in the Children Oil Portraits Gallery.

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