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Thank you all!
In fact, most of the oil portraits I've done have been narrative portraits. I would be most happy buttering my bread with these. I was assigned an "illustrative portrait" my sophomore year in college. We got free access to the costume department, and I had a blast! I always ask my friends and acqaintances what they would be in their "fantasy portrait." I'm frequently caught off-guard by people's interesting ideas.
And, yes, Molly, the horse was tricky. I originally used some really bad, fuzzy reference of a horse lying down from this angle, but at the time, I was tired of calling around to see if any of my friend's horses would lie down on command. But I committed myself to that piece of scrap because I shot my model and all his goodies based on the light in that photo. But I was really sorry once I started painting. I realized that I couldn't just wing it. So I followed a horse around the pasture one day and caught her with her head down, with the light coming in at about the right angle. At least the head looks convincing that way.
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