Portraits of Emma -- one per month for her first year.
See examples of work in the People and Portrait gallery here on my web site (which includes commissioned and non-commissioned work).
Read more about my 100 Faces in 100 Days Project here.
A beautiful portrait is a piece of art and history that’s wonderful to live with and can be admired for generations to come. An added plus is that the process of commissioning a portrait can be thoroughly enjoyable as well. It’s actually fun to orchestrate a piece that’s customized to suit your setting and capture the uniqueness of someone you love or admire. A portrait makes a very special and cherished gift.
Jill's commissioned work has run the gamut from traditional portraits, to capturing the festivities at a wedding reception there on site as a gift for the bride and groom, to her latest project of watching her granddaughter's growth and progress through monthly portraits during her first year. A look around Jill's web site shows the setting can be indoors or out, activities varied, subjects -- single or multiple. She really wants to deliver to you the presence of people and times special in your lives.
Together with her client, Jill will discuss and determine the subject, setting, dress, style and approximate size of the finished piece, and gather information about where the portrait will hang. Once those details have been agreed upon and with receipt of a 40% deposit and the signed contract, the portrait process begins.
A photo and sketching session will then be arranged for the artist to use as reference when constructing the portrait. Jill selects from those photos and develops compositional sketches based on the sitting and photo references. She will create a color oil sketch from life in most circumstances, as that gives her time to observe the subject and get true colors that photography just can't capture.
The length of time to delivery of a finished portrait will vary based on the complexity and size of the portrait as well as the artist’s current commitments. The balance of the commission price (60%) is due upon delivery of the painting.
Portrait pricing is based on the number of subjects, complexity of the desired background, and how much of each figure is shown. The size of the portrait will also be derived from what and who will be included in the finished painting.
Please contact Jill for more information on current commission pricing and to tell her whose portrait you'd like her to capture. Commissioned portraits are considerably more expensive than her oth
er work in the same size because they take much more preparation, thought, time. (Worth it, though.)
Here’s an excerpt of an email Jill received from a client who commissioned her to
paint the client’s six grandkids:
I picked up the painting yesterday (from the framer) and it is proudly hanging in my living room. Our son is here with his family ... they love it of course. I keep the light turned on over it and I nearly fall over stuff because when I enter the living room, I cannot take my eyes off of it. Thank you a jillian times for your abilities ... and your kindness.
"Lou and Carolyn Brown" Lou and Carolyn met me, coming to visit my studio with their great friends, Oscar Haynes and Joan Bell-Haynes who were two of my 100 Faces in 100 Days volunteers. The exhibit was up at the Atelier and it, and all the stories that flowed from the project plus all the tales, jokes, laughter that Lou and Carolyn, Oscar and Joan brought filled one heck of a beautiful afternoon. Months later, when Lou and Carolyn were back for a visit, Lou told me that he wanted me to paint his portrait. The following Summer, I was commissioned to paint Lou and Carolyn by API Plastics, the company they founded. Lou and Carolyn came up from Huntsville, Alabama to sit daily (for eight days) on my living room couch, talk and be painted. What a treat for ALL of us!
"Six Grandkids" -- the painting that their grandmother can't take her eyes off of. Tripping hazard.
"The Wedding Party" was a unique gift given by the bride's parents to the bride and groom. I set up my easel in the vineyard to create the painting while the wedding and then cocktail reception were taking place ... to finish in the weeks to follow. The bride and groom gave it their resounding approval en route back home from their honeymoon. It is not a portrait (likenesses weren't the goal), but a painting celebrating the event that will happily be enjoyed forever.
