Heidi

Fine Artist in Oils with Archival Quality

For many centuries, portraits have been a classical graphical and personal convention of style and stature. Oil portraits in particular have garnered a high reputation in the art world due to the historical achievement of style, and their archival quality; they date from the 1200s.

Portraiture must be personal

The quintessential objectives of a portrait are to convey the personality, stature, and the emotive state of the sitter and/or of the artist, and to serve as the record of the relationship between the two. The latter point is of particular importance in considering the difference between a photographic portrait and an oil portrait. The human hand is effected by emotion whereas the camera lens is not. In fact, portraits represent humanism in its finest form.

I've been painting since I was 5 years old and recently began painting people in oil. it is said that portrait painters capture a life while photographers capture a moment. If you take a moment to look at classical oil painting you will see that is often the case.

Completed works

Works in progress