Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Dr. Ray does the Happy Dance

 My client Dr. Ray is doing the Happy Dance with his portrait.  Which is a huge sigh of relief for me. You work so very hard on portraits and you want your customers to be happy. Dr. Ray had a very specific wish list for his portrait.

 He didn't want an ordinary soft lines portrait.
 He wanted:
  • a chunky and kind-of-fractured style
  • his stoner eyes and his laugh lines to show,
  •  his sunglasses on (how are you supposed to see his laugh lines?)
  •  a smirk-y smile, even though I told him teeth in a portrait can look cheesy
  • his hair to look unkempt
 
We spent a lot of time together to make sure we got it right. He loved it and best of all his wife had tears of joy, which is good, cause it was a surprise gift to her from him.
Dr. Ray
acrylic on canvas
16x20"
©Maggie Ruley 2015
P.S. I think I repainted the mouth about 15 times.

6 comments:

  1. Hi Maggie
    Looks to me like you did everything that the good Dr. wanted-great painting! It is very alive, not static and has your creative energy all over it; and I think you indicated the sun glasses very well. (What a kind and happy face he has.)
    Congratulations!
    Steven

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    1. Thank you so very much, Steven. I appreciate the insights.

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  2. Not sure what he looks like in real life nevertheless this iS awesome!

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    1. Thanks, CIF, he looks pretty much like that. His wife recognized it as a pic of him.
      This rain we just got has turned it über humid down here, probably the same up the road, eh? Well summer is here.

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  3. I'd be doing the happy dance, too. What a great painting!!

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