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I wholeheartedly agree, Michael. When I first got back into this business after a hiatus of many years I accepted a commission that I still regret.
The photo the client loved was fifteen years old and couldn't possibly have suffered from worse lighting problems, among many other issues. It was to be a painting for a friend and since it was my first commission in this city and I was just starting to get my name out there, I accepted it. Very bad move!
It was a monstrous struggle to paint, and the result is not at all satisfactory to me. The client, however, liked it very much. It will never make it into my portfolio, though.
Our mutual friends now see this painting whenever they visit the home where this piece hangs. These mutual friends are some of my prospects for future commissions and I imagine that this unsuccessful painting now colors their perceptions about my work.
I wish I had never painted it!
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