President Judge

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth

Which facial expression does she like? (Do you allow the subject input on this issue?)

At the rate you're going, Garth, there won't be any judges left in the country for anyone else to paint!

Dear Michele,

Overall, she is leaning toward 1 (or 2).

You know as well as I, that there must be thousands of judges across the land. More than enough for each of our careers!

Garth

[Allan Rahbek]

Garth,
After looking at your refs several times I feel that the most pleasing one is the first one. The reasons are: her slightly sidewards turn and the extra height at the button makes her appear slimmer and taller and at the same time adds more energy to the diagonals.
Her expression is pleasing, but not too much, thinking about your other ( male ) judges that will hang beside her, I think that the #1 ref is fine.
About the hands: The #1 is fine too because it is clear and harmonize with the figure, while the #4 is more puzzling. But you could use it for PR if you put your signature down into the lower left corner

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek

Garth,
.......... while the #4 (......) But you could use it for PR if you put your signature down into the lower left corner

Very clever promotional idea!

It seems there is an overall and well considered preference for 1; thanks!

Garth

[Karine Monaco]

Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

Dear Marcus, and Karine,

I guess this boils down to personal and individual perceptions and preferences, and the reality that this varies from person to person; and it's part of the key of why life is so interesting by each of us expressing personal uniquenesses. You each have differing points of view, yet both are equally and mutually valid, to me.

Dear Garth, I totally agree! That's why this forum is so interesting. By the way, I also think Marcus was right. Just thought I'd add my personal thoughts to it

So what to do? I think I know her well enough to draw out the best qualities of several images into the painting, so that even if it is fundamentally composed out of 1, that it can contain subliminally certain "inner light" qualities of 3. What does everyone think?

No doubt you can do this. Your talent will help you make a very interesting portrait of the Judge. I can't wait to see it!!

Karine, by the way you write truly flawlessly in English! One would never guess you were lacking any dictionary or thesaurus. More power to you!

Hihi, thanks! That's so nice of you.

If you were Japanese, I would say : Ganbatte! (which is a mix between "good luck", "you are going to have a lot of work but we are here for you", "keep up the good work" and "stay positive")...

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Karine Monaco

If you were Japanese, I would say : Ganbatte! (which is a mix between "good luck", "you are going to have a lot of work but we are here for you", "keep up the good work" and "stay positive")...

Karine,

Now that's a useful word to learn and apply... Thanks, and I will remember that.

My youngest brother is a permanent resident in Japan, so I have a new word to use with him!

Garth

[Karine Monaco]

Really? That's funny, I might have seen him there without knowing he was your brother! Who knows? I have lived in Japan for 3 years, and I am going back there for a while in a few months actually.

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Karine Monaco

Really? That's funny, I might have seen him there without knowing he was your brother! Who knows? I have lived in Japan for 3 years, and I am going back there for a while in a few months actually.

Hi Karine,

Dean Herrick is the Head Sculptor at Tokyo DisneyLand, where he essentially manages new themed construction. His wife, Yuumi Domoto is a reknowned abstract expressionist painter from a family of prominent artists . In fact, her father, Hisao Domoto was big in the Paris and New York art scenes throughout the 1950's. Yuumi's first language is French, being Parisian-born and having been baptized at Notre Dame.http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

There, now I've gone off-topic again!

The world could become even smaller with a telephone connection, or two. Where are you based when in Japan, and what brings you there? Your years of experience in Japan is so interesting to learn about!

Garth

[Karine Monaco]

Dear Garth,

The world gets smaller indeed!
I will pm you about this, as it would be better not to go too off-topic I guess
I don't know anyone in Japan's art world, so I am very glad to hear about great artists living there!

How is your commission going?

Karine