Use of borders and type in portraits

[Joan Breckwoldt]

This is a topic that was inspired by a recent portrait by Andrea Kantrowitz found at this thread:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...thread+mitzvah

It's a beautiful bar mitzvah portrait in which Andrea has incorporated a border around the portrait. It was actually Chris Saper's idea to start a thread on borders. There was also mention in Andrea's thread about some of the lettering that Karin Wells uses in her portraits.

I thought it would be informative for us to post some examples or opinions of using borders around a portrait and/or using type on a portrait. I personally find the idea of borders and type intriguing.

Thanks,

Joan