ED. 2013 acrylic/mylar 34x48
Yesterday my co-worker told me about another artist from Moscow who has a storefront at the Montgomery Mall. She paints there in the store hours. I will definitely visit her. On the second thought, I cannot imagine having a storefront at a mall myself. On the third thought, I know how to work publicly; I was painting homeless in the streets of Philadelphia attracting quite an audience, sometimes.
The portrait of Sam is a part of commissioned family portrait. I started by meeting with every family member and painting them separately. It was a fun part. To deliver the commission was a tricky part. To say that I didn't enjoy it would be a lie. It was a vivid human interaction, the kind of life experiences I greatly value. The vision of a commissioner and the will of an artist, where do they intersect? I am sincerely grateful for the commercial opportunity, but I post all the family members' portraits I painted as a preparation for the group portrait, and the reverse side of the group portrait that was actually rejected by the commissioner, but I will never show in my art portfolio the painting that I was actually paid for.
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