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Carol,
Your portrait of your mother is so full of life. I instantly liked it and felt I would have likes her. You infused the image with personality which was sadly missing in the photo. What a gift you have given yourself! It makes me want to pull out pics of my mother and do the same...
I am in a difficult posthumous portrait commission right now. The mother wants one of her 17 mos old who was actually murdered by a babysitter nine years ago. She had two other children she wants done, but wishes to begin with her lost child. The problem is she keeps putting off getting together to look at images. I believe it must be harder for her that she may have imagined and I don't know what else I can do to help her. She is not returning my call at the latest attempt for I feel all I can do is leave her to her own decisions.
Personally I feel that posthumous portraits are the greatest gift we can present a loved one. In many ways I like doing them more than any other portrait. I have only done a couple them, but hope to do more.
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