MATTHEW HAWKES: COMMISSIONS

Portraits from Photographs
         


Commission,2022,
Oil on Canvas, 22 x 30''
 



LR Oil on Panel 15 x 12" 2011



BR,2006, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 15''



PSR,2011, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 15''



LR, 2005, Oil on Canvas,12 x 15''



PSJR,2011, Oil on Panel, 12 x 15''

 

 



Portrait Commission,2012,
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 15''

 



Portrait Commission,2019,
Oil on Canvas, 12 x 15''

 

 


Painting from a photograph is useful when the subject is a child or someone who doesn't have time to sit for a traditional portrait. In the photo session I ask adult and older children to hold a pose for up to twenty minutes imitating the conditions of a portrait from life. This helps me to produce a portrait with repose and interiority which is otherwise difficult to get using photos.

This method is relatively inexpensive with prices for pictures like those shown here starting at £1100. This price includes a provisional frame and my travel
expenses within London. Pictures can be paid for by standing order over a period of up to two years. Please email me to discuss this.

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