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University President
Here's one of my recent commissions, a portrait of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University. Oil on linen, 54" x 40".
The official unveiling will be in late May, but I'm posting this now because I heard the good news yesterday that this portrait will receive a Certificate of Merit in the 2007 PSoA Competition!
It was a pleasure to work with Dr. Papadakis. We easily agreed on the pose and setting, and he posed for a head-and-shoulders oil study, which helped tremendously in the process of getting lifelike, accurate color and understanding his head in three-dimensions. A lot of busy clients are reluctant to pose and do not understand how important this can be to the artist. But Dr. Papadakis was very appreciative of the process and the result. I felt very good about working with him when he came to my studio to view the completed work and said, "This is not just a copy of a photo, it's a real painting!" Many people would not care, but he did and that made a huge difference.
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