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Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, both of the reference photos and of the painting I posted. Your tips all helped make this a better portrait.
I delivered this to the VIP family a few days ago. When they first saw the painting the teen depicted in the portrait grinned and said "Oh, wow!" The mom (art collector and owner of lots of originals by Sargent, Monet, etc.) smiled and said, "That's very beautiful!"
I'm so glad this one went well. They have friends in very high places, and they also have four more children that they want me to paint when each reaches their senior year in high school. (That was the purpose of this painting.)
What a big relief it was to have the delivery go so well! I fretted over this commission day and night from the moment I got it many months ago. Now I can sleep better...
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