Dara
Oil on Canvas, 2010
Here is the beginning of my blog. Let me introduce myself. I am Paul Morin, a San Francisco-based portrait artist. My work is currently on 5 continents and in the White House collection. I paint portraits, figures and landscapes and am available for commissions. My style is very "old master" with a modern sensibility -- I start with a complete underpainting and then add glazes and scumbles in local color. I feel that my work is timeless and won't look dated in 5 years like so much of what is being produced right now.
In this blog, I hope to be able to give you a look inside the process of creating a portrait and my reasons for being a portrait artist. Commissioning a portrait is something that is a bit scary -- you pay a lot of money to someone you may not know very well and hope you will get something in return that looks like you and captures your spirit . In these postings, I plan to de-mystify the process and hopefully help you understand what an amazing and gratifying experience the whole process is! At the end of the process, you are left with a small piece of immortality that you are able to hand down to future generations!
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