Lillian
 

Here is a portrait of a little girl from Alaska named Lillian. I had a lot of fund designing the elements of the painting and hope that you like it.

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Story behind the painting's design

That's gorgeous, the design element really adds to the painting without overwhelming the little girl's delicacy. A lovely image of childhood.
How many hours did it take?
Margaret

Margaret, it took me more hours than I care to admit to finish the painting! LOL

I actually started sometime while I was still working on my last commission of [URL=http://www.enzieshahmiri.com/jeune_mariee.html]Jeune Mari

Enzie, I really really like this! Bravo! :)

Thanks Michael! Glad you like it. :)

Beautiful job, Enzie. What a fun background!

Thank you David!

Enzie, I really like this painting, too - I love the play of pattern and detail and the green/pink color theme is charming and successful. Nice work!

Thank you Linda! I pulled the color scheme from the outfit that Lillian was wearing. The pattern you see in the background happens to be that of a wall paper I had seen at the Miette candy store in San Fransisco.

This portrait goes to a young family of six in Alaska. Because of all the young children in the household, I wanted to pick a theme for the portrait that would put Lillian in an environment that is playful and fun. I played on Lillian's sweetness as she sneaks a candy.

The challenge was to make sure that the wall paper does not compete with the subject and I hope that I succeeded.

Enzie, I really like this! It's charming, unique. I love the patterns and colors and her impish little face.

Very nice, Enzie. Bright, clean and lively. Again, your passion and talent for detail really shows.

Christy and Thomasin, :sunnysmil

I was just looking for s.th I had posted when I saw that you two had left me a comment way back in August. Somehow I totally missed this and did not realize you had commented until now.

So rather belated, I wanted to thank you for the lovely comments and apologize that it has taken me so long to respond.

Enzie,

I have been really admiring this for some time now. It is delightful and so fun as a portrait. Well done!

Garth

What a lovely portrait, it makes me laugh!

Enzie,

I'm glad Garth brought this up from the "archives" because I had seen it but had forgotten to comment on it. For me, this portrait is an outstanding example of your work. There is an all-over quality of pattern that works well. There is no one element that appears over-worked. In fact, the relationships between all the elements have a playful feeling, with their general harmony and juxtapositions of pattern and texture. I think this is a very successful portrait.