The Lambertville Lachlan

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

What a lovely painting, Garth! And it reconfirms my own preferences in that an outdoor painting should have looser, fresher, more "shimmery" brushwork than does an indoor painting. I also love all the movement in the painting - the diagonals add a lot of interest. No surprise that this sold!

Dear Kim, Linda, and Rob,

Thank you all for your kind comments and keen insights.

Kim: You are so right and set a good example for the rest of us. Are there ways of persuading family members to be more cooperative with requests to paint them?

Linda: Thanks! I really appreciate your insight about handling shimmer and brushwork in outdoor portraits. This makes perfect sense. Nature is in motion outdoors, and with full spectrum natural illumination, those colors really can dance and shimmer. You've just given me paradigm shifting insight about my current works in progress.

Rob: Thanks! The moment was quite fleeting and was gone in a flash. You know how little kids can be. Now let us both heed Kim's good advice and get some family portraits going!

Garth

[Elizabeth Schott]

Garth you will always be one of the top dogs in my book!

I wanted to add in addition to the painting how lovely your daughter is!

[Garth Herrick]

Thanks Beth!

She will be flattered to hear this. Maybe with that feedback, she will pose again (without a grimace).

Garth

[Richard Monro]

Garth,

I hope you have a high resolution image that could eventually be reproduced as a giclee. The portraits I have done of my kids over the years are like a family album. To part with one would be really hard.

You do fabulous work. I can understand the "hole" on your gallery wall.
Let me take the time here to thank you for all your many contributions to the forum. I have personally benefited immeasurably from them.

Thanks again.

[Garth Herrick]

Richard,

I am overwhelmed with your kind words. Thank you!

A giclee would have been an excellent consideration. Perhaps I can contact the buyers for a better resolution image.

Actually it was the gallery which sold the piece. They telephoned me and begged it to be returned for the impending sale. This was just as well because my studio is a bit too humble to share.

Garth

[Kimberly Dow]

Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

Kim: You are so right and set a good example for the rest of us. Are there ways of persuading family members to be more cooperative with requests to paint them?

Threatening always works well for me.
Actually - mine are such hams. My daughter gets offended when I use a different model. My youngest complains that I havent painted him as many times as the other two - and my 13-yr-old son is just easy going about it all. You've never met three more self-confident kids. We may have told them how beautiful they are a little too much!

There is always bribery as well. My kids will do a lot of posing for $10.
The only one I cant get to pose is my husband. He is willing, but I always seem to ask when he is busy or hasn't shaved, etc.. My mother-in-law is greatly offended that I haven't painted him yet....

[Allan Rahbek]

Garth,

Lucky you , having such a lovely daughter. I bet that you will regret selling that painting!

When I opened the post yesterday I saw the painting before realizing it was yours. I felt it looked familiar, European in a way, somewhat underplayed or unpretentious in the attitude.

Lovely, very indeed !

Allan

[Garth Herrick]

Allan.

Gosh, Thanks! I am feeling fortunate, having posted this and having so many friends like you loading my subject and I with compliments. As a dad, I also feel fortunate with a daughter who's lovely and bright, although certainly most all parents feel the same about their kids most of the time. What had not sunk into my head before the sale was that an image like this might resonate with others too. Now that feels complimentary. Of course your own lovely portraits of your daughters resonate universally on this Forum.

I am fascinated by the complimentary "European" attributes you mention, which feels fine to me. What makes a portrait more European than, say, American? Since my family has been American for three-eighths of a millenia, it would probably be stretching things to suggest I had some kind of European insight and connection, as desireable as that would be. Although I admit, I was fortunate to travel all over western Europe just over twenty years ago. I suppose that had a positive influence or two upon me. Twenty-one years...... I need to return!

Thanks again,

Garth

[Marvin Mattelson]

Beautiful Garth. I love the juxtaposition of the neutral background with the color in your daughter's complexion and clothing.

[Jimmie Arroyo]

No surprise how beautiful it its. I do have to admit, it feels different than your other paintings. It's more alive, fresh, as in capturing a moment in time as oppossed to the formal or posed portraits. It's better than a snapshot. I love the way you can handle a brush, and with the closeups of the hair, it's looks like you can handle the opposite end of the brush also.

There is so much movement, I can envision her moving back and forth and side to side with the fence as her support. Beautiful expression. You, and the new owner of the painting are blessed.