Arianna and Taylor

Garth Herrick · 03-26-2005, 07:35 PM

I am flabbergasted, but I just received a serious commission this afternoon to paint this portrait once again! Someone likes it that much! So I am going out tonight to get some more canvas stretchers. I do already have a version of this portrait that I left half done, a while back. Now, there's a reason to finish it!

Has anyone else had a request like this? I have painted two official portraits of the late Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., but have never been asked to paint a duplicate of children in a garden.

Happy Easter to All,

Garth

Mary Sparrow · 03-26-2005, 07:40 PM

Wow, are these relatives of the girls?

Congratulations! We told you it was, eh, pretty ok

Garth Herrick · 03-26-2005, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mary Smith

Wow, are these relatives of the girls?

Thanks Mary,

No, no relation. The client was viewing this forum, and has only seen the images posted here!

Garth

Terri Ficenec · 03-26-2005, 08:07 PM

Garth, congratulations! This really does have a universal appeal.

Wondering if there are any thorny issues with a situation like this-- with regards to using the girls' likenesses? (Does your model's release cover a situation like this?) --Just curious.

Michele Rushworth · 03-26-2005, 08:52 PM

I was once commissioned to paint three copies of a posthumous portrait for a deceased woman's three grown daughters. I painted them all at the same time. Nose, nose, nose, hair, hair, hair..... very strange experience.

I suppose all you'd need to do a duplicate of this painting is a good model's release and probably do the nicety of asking the parents of the girls if it would be alright. They might be very flattered or they might be wary.

Why did the clients who wanted the Higginbotham portrait ask for two?

Garth Herrick · 03-26-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth

I suppose all you'd need to do a duplicate of this painting is a good model's release and probably do the nicety of asking the parents of the girls if it would be alright. They might be very flattered or they might be wary.

Why did the clients who wanted the Higginbotham portrait ask for two?

Michele,

The two Higginbotham portraits were separate clients. I notified the first, and they were okay with it. The original client in 1999 was the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and the second client, in 2003 was the Black law Student Association of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. A few who were associated with the first portrait were present and cheering at the second portrait's unveiling; including the Chief Judge, whom I am about to paint.

I will follow your advice. Thanks!

Garth

Michele Rushworth · 03-26-2005, 10:06 PM

Congrats on the Chief Judge commission too -- another feather in your cap!

Garth Herrick · 03-26-2005, 09:53 PM

Thanks Terri,

That is a fair question. With diplomacy, I shall ask the parents if they have any qualms about this prospect. I could also take some licence with the likenesses, if that would help.

Garth

Linda Brandon · 03-26-2005, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

Thanks Mary,

No, no relation. The client was viewing this forum, and has only seen the images posted here!

Garth

Go Garth! Time to raise your prices! (With apologies to your client.

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I wonder if you should think about making this one a giclee print... ?

Jimmie Arroyo · 04-11-2005, 12:02 AM

I got the chance to see this in person today, and I was sorely disappointed. Disappointed that I could'nt take it with me!! HA! It's incredible, absolutely incredible. Thanks Garth for the opportunity to see it.