The Honorable J. William Ditter, Jr.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

This time the armchair is black... another stunning portrait Garth!

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Claudemir Bonfim

This time the armchair is black... another stunning portrait Garth!

Thanks Bonfim!

Honestly, this judicial chair is available in red, black, or deep midnight-teal blue leather upholstery options. I have seen all three in this courthouse.

Garth

[David Draime]

Garth.

Fabulous!! ...you quite simply ROCK!!!

David

[Alexandra Tyng]

Garth,

I don't know how you manage to introduce variety in to these judicial portraits, but you do! Judge Ditter just comes alive and practically out of the canvas plane here. You feel that he is a warm, personable character, down to earth, and ready to spring out of the chair and hit the slopes. Was the painting really on his office wall or did you make it up? I also like the cheerful colors--very suited to the judge's personality as it comes across to the viewer. Congratulations on a job well done!

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Alexandra Tyng

Garth,

I don't know how you manage to introduce variety in to these judicial portraits, but you do! Judge Ditter just comes alive and practically out of the canvas plane here. You feel that he is a warm, personable character, down to earth, and ready to spring out of the chair and hit the slopes. Was the painting really on his office wall or did you make it up? I also like the cheerful colors--very suited to the judge's personality as it comes across to the viewer. Congratulations on a job well done!

David, from someone I think ROCKS, Thank you!

Alex, You know it is also hard to make them all the same! Thanks! Of that ski-slope painting, yes, it does hang in his judicial chambers, but not in the red-walled courtroom as suggested. His late wife painted that, representing their son on the slopes. Not a bad little painting! I diminished it in value slightly to keep the focus more on the main subject. Judge Ditter insisted on weaving his wife and one of his kids into the portrait, and that little painting was the solution. Better than putting ski poles behind the chair!

Garth

[Cindy Procious]

Simply beautiful, Garth. Your facility with subtle value changes makes every part of this piece a delight.
And, I've called you this before - the master of Red!

[Tom Edgerton]

Garth--

Saw this in progress at your studio, and it's great to see it finished...it's every bit as spectacular as I expected.

With all that's going on in the background, with the personal and official references, still nothing competes with his fabulous spirit and your capturing of it. He will be alive and available to all who follow, as long as someone is around to take care of the painting. What more needs to be said?

Best--TE

(Glad you were duly introduced at the unveiling...more terrific commissions will follow.)

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Tom Edgerton

Garth--

Saw this in progress at your studio, and it's great to see it finished...it's every bit as spectacular as I expected.

With all that's going on in the background, with the personal and official references, still nothing competes with his fabulous spirit and your capturing of it. He will be alive and available to all who follow, as long as someone is around to take care of the painting. What more needs to be said?

Best--TE

(Glad you were duly introduced at the unveiling...more terrific commissions will follow.)

Tom, It was wonderful to hang out with you for the day! I would like to think I learned half as much as you at the Shanks show; it was well worthwhile, and I am glad you came up. As I recall, there was only an 8x10 print of this painting tacked to the studio wall, which you saw. I Thank you for assuring me here that the background array fits with this subject satisfactorily. As you know, I love your masterful Superior Court Judge.

Garth

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Cindy Procious

Simply beautiful, Garth. Your facility with subtle value changes makes every part of this piece a delight.
And, I've called you this before - the master of Red!

Thanks Cindy! I certainly have run up close to the limitations of various reds here. None of them are exactly pure out of the tube. There is always some minute white or earth red quantity in even the most intense parts. The value gradations can be hairsplittingly close shifts at times. Even the flattest passages have subtle value shifts and gradations. Anyway, I love what you said!

Garth