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Possible or Impossible?
What funny, wonderful stories! Getting belly laughs like those make the serious business of portraiture worth every struggle!
Now, it's my turn. This one was one of those "Can you top this?" extreme stories that I swapped with an artist who also includes animal portraiture in her portfolio. My story had to do with painting a dead dog and the dealings with a difficult client. Thinking my saga HAD to win our "contest," she countered with her story. Her tale was about being commissioned to paint the portrait of a client's favorite horse who was..."on it's last legs." She got a call late at night to hurry to the stable and photograph the horse before it went to horse-heaven. She dutifully drove to the client's ranch, and here's the fun part: The horse was black. The stall was dark and the horse was dead!
"Well, did you do the portrait?" I asked, thinking it an impossible task.
"Sure," she said, "and the owner loved it."
As she was not given to exaggeration, I accepted the story knowing that she had won our contest. I did wonder where she got her photo reference. Hmmmmm, Black Beauty, maybe?
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