Landscape/portrait

[Alicia Kornick]

I met with a client today who would like his four children painted into a landscape. He doesn't want a traditional "portrait" with the four children staring at the viewer. He would like his children to be in the landscape actively doing something. He likes the impressionistic look for the background and mentioned Monet. He said you wouldn't even have to be able to recognize their faces, but rather he and his wife would know who they were. They range in age from seventeen to nine.

I have been brainstorming and thought about the Monet picnic scene. I think it is Monet, where the people are in a park and are reclining on the blanket on the ground.

If any of you out there understand what I am talking about and have any ideas, or examples please let me know.

Thanks,