Portrait by the water

[Debra Rexroat]

This is one of the most intelligent and unsentimental children's portraits I have seen. You have allowed a glimpse of a future "emerging adult" while at the present depicting the boy. Bravo! Love it!

[Julie Deane]

Thanks, Carol and Debra. However, I have a confession to make. The family moved to Europe before I was able to get a good reference photo. A friend of theirs took the photo, and it was a wonderful shot. My part was to work on the composition and the painting. His mom considers the painting as one way to remember their stay overseas.

[Tom Edgerton]

Terrific, Julie!

Great feeling for the light. I'm with the other folks...I think this is one of your best.

--TE

[Patricia Joyce]

Your painting in process ws eye opening for me and breathtaking even in it's earliest stages. I knew this would be your best work to date. I wish I coud see the finished papinting in person, but Julie, it is really beautiful. I, too, love your palette, how everything works so well together, the boy against a beautiful landscape which you had to compose from a so-so image. The landscape is beautiful but in now way detracts from the subject.

[Julie Deane]

Thanks, Tom and Patty.

Patty, it was so good having your input at the early stages. Having another trained eye look at thing is so helpful!