The Singing Bartender
On October 31st, 2020, I told you about creating the portrait of "The Colonel." You can read about it here. The setting for that portrait was only made possible because…
“DON’T MOVE!”
This is more accurately a portrait without objection than a “portrait by invitation.” My friend Reid and I were in Algonquin Park. One of us had recently turned 65, and…
The Astronomer – A portrait by invitation.
September 2019 and I planned on joining my brother, Larry, on his fall colour visit to Algonquin Park. I last went with him in 2016, and the colours were magnificent.…
The Colonel was invited.
A “Portrait by Invitation” is just as the name suggests a portrait where the subject was invited to sit for the picture. In this earlier blog post I talked about…
Rembrandt as an old man (1669). It is said that this was the last self portrait that Rembrandt did, and in fact at the time of his death it was unfinished.
Rembrandt and portraits by invitation
"Almost two-thirds of his entire output consists of portraits of one kind or another --- self-portraits, group portraits, single portraits. And instead of being commissioned, the subjects for most of…