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Michael,
You said-"The business suit has to be the least interesting element in portraiture. A suit is a suit is a suit is a suit. If you have seen one haven't you seen them all"?
Absolutely not!
If you believe that, don't paint suits. They all look the same only if you believe it's so. A suit can describe the subject almost as well as the face. The posture, shoulder line, and width and form are very important and they should be an important part of the composition. Take a look at the Z.S. Liang painting under Legal/Judicial on SOG and note the beautiful shape of the tie and shirt as defined by the suit lapels. I couldn't find an example to illustrate but have seen some wonderful treaments of suits where the play of light and reflected light made the lapel on one side appear dark against light and light against dark on the other.
Chase said: "
" Do not try to paint the grandiose thing. Paint the commonplace so that it will be
distinguished." I subscribe to that.
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