One more Portrait

Here is one more in my continuing theme of portraits. This time it’s a recent commission for a local family. I painted the little boy a couple of years ago and now it was time for the whole family to have a group portrait.

The backdrop is a view from the top of Table Mountain which has significance for both the family and for me since we both have ties to South Africa. It seemed fitting to recreate a holiday photograph taken on the mountain in their family portrait.

Family Portrait - oil on canvas - 24" x 30" 

©2014 Carol Lee Beckx

I did a photo shoot with the family and then worked with a number of different photographs for each family member’s face.

I am so happy to be able to photo shop with paint rather than computer software. I would rather wield a brush any day.

Two new pages - Pencil Portraits and Portraits in Oil

A commissioned portrait makes the ideal gift on the occasion of a new arrival in the family, a birthday or simply to have a lasting memento of a someone special. 

Daniel - pencil on paper 17cm x 12cm

  ©Carol Lee Beckx 2011


Please have a look at the two new pages that are listed on the top right hand side of my blog. These pages, Pencil Portraits and Portraits in Oil  give details of how one can commission a portrait. 




Jess - pencil on paper - 17cm x 12cm

©Carol Lee Beckx 2011