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The paintings displayed on the 'Examples page'
can be looked at as if you are visiting an exhibition. Enjoy
it!
days, but who actually has an oilpaint portrait of him or herself, of your partner or children? Undoubtbly this is because almost any one can handle a camera, while there aren't many people that can make a painting that bears a likeness to a loved one. That situation also is responsible for the fact that commissioning paintings, as a rule, is a costly hobby. That is sad, because a painted picture is something special, something of value, certainly when it has been produced with care.
I live in rural southern France, and my most important occupation is in portrait painting, using oils. Fact is that I don't depend on that for a living, which gives me the freedom to accept commissions I like. Yearly, I work on 8 to 10 painting projects. Prices vary from 200 to 800 Euro, depending on size and relative difficulty of the work, etc.
So far I have not been trying to specialise, making all kinds of portraits, mostly from elder people (which I like a lot because of their 'experienced' faces), children, female nudes, etc.
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