Unintentional portraits

I paint images of costumed women which are partly based on observation. There is much invention in my work, yet all of the people who buy my paintings quickly develop a personal rapport with the women in the paintings. Everyone thinks of these paintings as specific portraits. I have, however, done very few "intentional" portraits.

I would like to specialize in painting portraits of costumed women. I especially like the idea of the sitter posing with her pet (in the formal style of Renaissance portraits). I have done some paintings in this vein.
Would anyone know if there are other artists who paint this type of portrait.

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[Linda Ciallelo]

Loretta, I think that would be considered "Figurative Painting", when you use a model as a sit-in for a character. Ken Hamilton is a painter who paints a woman/girl all the time in different poses. I would like to do that too, but don't yet have a model.