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FaCING YOU - Family

What is family? Traditionally defined as people we’re related to by birth or adoption, family can also be represented by those we surround ourselves with: those who accept us for who we are, provide comfort to us and love us unconditionally. This includes our friends and relatives, our animal companions and our community.

Self-Portrait with Henry, Study in Brown, 2019, oil on canvas, 24 x 30”, NFS

Self-Portrait with Henry

Study in Brown,

PAULA PITMAN BROWN

2019, oil on canvas, 24" x 30”

NFS 


In “Self-Portrait with Henry, Study in Brown,”I portray myself as an artist holding brushes and a

postcard of James MacNeil Whistler’s painting of his Mother. Like the Whistler’s Study in Black,

I create a study in Brown. Study in brown is a play on my name. I am wearing brown clothing

in a brown room with brown furniture. This painting has a harmonious content feeling. The

color theme provides the artist with the challenge to mix many color browns.


PaulaPitmanBrownArt

**Please contact me for Portrait Commissions: ppbhenry@gmail.com


Hans and Maxi

Hans and Maxi

DARISSE PAQUETTE

Watercolor 8" x 10”

NFS

I created this painting as a birthday gift for my husband, Hans. Our Siamese cat Maxi absolutely adores Hans. When Hans returns home, Maxi greets him enthusiastically at the door and meows loudly and incessantly until Hans picks him up and puts him on his shoulder, at which point the meowing stops and very loud purring commences. Maxi takes every opportunity to nap on Hans’s lap, a moment I captured when we were on vacation this past summer.

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Hannah and Lily - Oil - 24w x 18h nfs 
As a teenager, Hannah loved swimming with Lily at Quansoo bea

Hannah and Lily

SARAH GEROULD

Oil, 24" x 18"

NFS


As a teenager, Hannah loved swimming with Lily at Quansoo beach on Martha's Vineyard.


Website:  sarahgerould.com

Self-Portrait with My Cat, Kuchi

KWAN KEW LAI

Oil, 14"x18"

NFS

 

Website: kwankewlai.com

Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/kwankewlai.authorpage/

Self-Portrait with Gracie

ANASTASIA O'MELVENY

Pastel/Charcoal on Paper, 22" x 30"

NFS – Personal Collection

ARTIST'S NOTE:    This drawing took about 20 hours straight through.  I managed to get pretty good likenesses and a sense of space in the room.  This was  my first use of pastels to brighten up a monotone drawing.

What isn't obvious in Art is that self-portraits always include an invisible presence: The Mirror!  Distorting perspective – but adding the unexpected.  So my cat is not really that large, although she WAS big in spirit. A funny, lovely and loving tortoiseshell cat. You can see that she's slightly annoyed that this picture is taking so long.  Sadly, she's no longer with me, my friend of nearly 18 years.  I'm very glad she was with me that day.


Mothers' Day

PAULA PITMAN BROWN

2019, oil on canvas,  36" x 48"

NFS 

 

In “Mothers’ Day,” all the symbols on the porch relate to a time of waiting. The Mother falls

asleep while she waits by the phone to hear from all of her children. Family pictures, flowers

and comfortable porch furniture fill the room. Outside it is getting late in the day. A bird flies

free outside while the pet finch is forever in its cage. The dog patiently waits for something to

happen.

WEBSITE:

PaulaPitmanBrownArt

**Please contact me for Portrait Commissions: ppbhenry@gmail.com

Mom

JANE LEVIN

Acrylic on Canvas, 10" x 14"

NFS

A memoir painting in which I explored skin tone in light and shadow.

The artist accepts private commissions


Kacey 

EDWARD CARDINI

pastel on paper 9"x12"

NFS

https://www.edwardfcardini.com

https://www.instagram/edwardcardini

Portrait of a Young Boy

FLEUR THESMAR

watercolor on paper, 12"x16"

NFS private collection


Real life youth painting is very particular as artist and model face a foreigner during a long time. Through this mutual contemplation, a new, strong, lonesome personality becomes powerfully present. The relationship between the painter and the model is unique, whatever the age of the person. Some children don’t like to be stared at, which is normal, and requires patience and kindness. Fleur Thesmar says “I am happy when they can’t hide a strong playfulness expressing in their body and their face".

 

www.FleurTdeFrance.com

Instagram @fleurtdefrance

Fleur accepts commissions especially for portraits.

Portrait of a Young Man

FLEUR THESMAR

Egg Tempera on Panel, 12"x12"

NFS private collection

Inspired by renaissance portraiture, Fleur Thesmar painted a teenager overlooking the sky and the ocean. Between youth and maturity, young people begin to face the vastness of the world and their own fate. They are still very close to us but already looking away. The richness of the blues is allowed by modern pigments that were unknown in the middle ages, but the tempera technique is one of the oldest of the world. 

www.FleurTdeFrance.com

Instagram @fleurtdefrance

Fleur accepts commissions especially for portraits.


Evi

SUSAN KOTTLER

Photograph, 16"x20"

$325

This picture of a pensive toddler was taken when Evi was almost two years old. 

https://www.susankottler.com/


Pandemic Walk 

BETH ANN FRICKER

Photograph

NFS


Early on in the pandemic, we made sure that everyone got outside for a walk once a day.  My daughter is always holding my hand and this image is from my vantage point.


Social Media:

www.instragam.com/bethannfrickerphotography

www.facebook.com/bafphotographyfanpage

Website:

www.bafphotography.com

My Stylish Mom

JOAN BUTLER

Mixed Media

Cyanotype on lace monoprint

4.5" X 7" 

NFS

I created this print as a tribute to my mother who loved a good bargain. She had a lifelong fierce commitment to maintaining a sense of style and even wore earrings every day in rehab toward the end of her life!


Mother of the Groom

IRENE GREIF

acrylic on unstretched canvas, 12" x 16"

NFS


My sister sent a photo of herself in front of the doors for Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.  While that inspired the background, I didn't have the right image of her until she relaxed at the end of her son's wedding celebration.

Jack

LILY HOFFMAN STRICKLER

Graphite, Charcoal, Ink Pen

14" x 11"

NFS

Baby

ZHANNA CANTOR

Acrylic on Paper, 2020, 48"x48"

NFS

These three portraits were painted on a roll of paper. All paintings were seen together when the 25’ roll of paper was unrolled outside. Accompanying these three pieces of Zhanna's work is the video called "Temporary Shelter" posted below.

Website:

www.zhannacantor.com

Instagram:

@zhannacantor

Baby-D

ZHANNA CANTOR

Acrylic on Paper, 2020, 48"x48"

NFS

These three portraits were painted on a roll of paper. All paintings were seen together when the 25’ roll of paper was unrolled outside. Accompanying these three pieces of Zhanna's work is the video called "Temporary Shelter" posted below.


Website:www.zhannacantor.com

Instagram:@zhannacantor

Portrait F

ZHANNA CANTOR

Acrylic on Paper, 2020, 48"x48"

NFS

These three portraits were painted on a roll of paper. All paintings were seen together when the 25’ roll of paper was unrolled outside. Accompanying these three pieces of Zhanna's work is the video called "Temporary Shelter" posted below.

Website:www.zhannacantor.com

Instagram:@zhannacantor

Temporary Shelter by Zhanna Cantor

These three portraits were painted on a roll of paper 48”wide one by one and represent different stages of life. I could see only one painting at a time when I was working and only reveled to me when I unrolled the paper outside. The video that helps further understand these 2 portraits is called Temporary Structure is available on Instagram and my website. 

Portrait of My Father

RUTH LEIBERHERR

acrylic, 28"x22"

NFS

My father died quite a while ago, but the portrait brought back dear memories of him and my mother. I recently published a picture book about his life that I wrote and illustrated, The Boy Without A Name. My father was one of the contract children or indentured child laborers ("Verdingkinder") in Switzerland. You can read more about it on my website

https://www.ruthlieberherr.com/news.html

I am not interested in private commissions of portraits, but if you fall in love with any of my (non portrait) work on my website, please contact me. 

My website:

www.ruthlieberherr.com

My email:

Ruth.Lieberherr@gmail.com

South Philly Barbacoa (Emily and Erin)

JANE LEVIN

Acrylic on Canvas - 12" x 14"

NFS   

The artist accepts private commissions

Ben and Emily

JANE LEVIN

Acrylic on Canvas - 12" x 14"

NFS

The artist accepts commissions.

I was interested in this composition of two people side by side, oriented away from each other, pondering separately

Pregnant Selfie

BETTE ANN LIBBY

ceramic shard mosaic 28"H x 20"W

 $4500

Balibby@gmail.com
Www.Betteannlibby.com


Pregnant selfie was taken only 2 weeks before the birth of her first child, from the reflection in the subway window.  Her belly refers to the sonogram taken of the baby in utero. She is confident, relaxed, independent and alone. Juggling the cell phone grasping the pole while on the moving train is no problem for her and bodes well for her next adventure!


I enjoy combining disparate elements into new forms of harmony. Many of these narrative sculptures & mosaics embody her own mythology, which explores well-being, womanhood, and passages, using irony, humor, and metaphor to create the unexpected.

NEXT: FACING YOU PArt 2 - WORK

Our vocations and avocations give purpose and meaning to our lives.  What we must do or choose to do is an important way we define ourselves—and how we are seen by others.

Facing You Part 2 >>>

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