How to Commission a Portrait by Randy J. Terry

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The beauty and joy in your life should be celebrated! An exquisite way to forever treasure a wonderful memory is with a fine art portrait. It is a time-honored tradition that is as old as mankind itself. An artwork, for you to put on display and to forever cherish. An artwork that will share your emotion and passion with others. An artwork that shows you at your finest. A portrait by internationally renowned visual artist – Randy J. Terry.

It could be an artwork to commemorate a special day for you. Maybe it’s a portrait of you taking part in something that brings you great joy, like athletics or dance. A portrait given as a gift will always be a beloved and fondly remembered endowment. Fine art portraits are the exclusive dominion of royalty, presidents and YOU! Celebrate your life or the life of someone you care about in a Fine Art Portrait by Randy J. Terry.

Mr. Terry's artwork has been described as intense fine art. His attention to detail, his technical mastery and exacting standards have earned him the title "virtuoso of the artistic portrait."

The Artist has been doing portraits professionally since 1991. He has experimented with many styles and methods to produce the "elegant portrait"; an artwork that at once expresses distinctive style and impassioned appeal. "There is so much beauty to be celebrated with art," remarks the Artist.

Randy’s pen and ink artworks are currently engaged in a huge surge in popularity. One characteristic that sets Randy’s portraits apart is his extreme devotion to detail. One art critic described his pen and ink work as having “the charm and elegance of the old world. There is really nothing out there like it, right now.”

Since the beginning of time artists have always preferred to draw their artwork from a live model. This allows the artist to study all of a person's features. It allows them to capture the models essence. However, this is a very costly process. Randy has found that by studying many photographs of a person he is able to capture that person's essence. This allows the artist to truly study the person that he is drawing. It allows him to study their facial structure and how their muscles work. It allows him to actually paint a portrait of that person as opposed to just painting a picture of a photo!! When looking at a piece of artwork, there is a tremendous difference in the look and feel of an artwork that truly captures a person's being as opposed to one that is just a drawing of a photo. "That feeling of the person’s essence is a major defining element in what makes a work of art, a work of fine art as opposed to an illustration," explains Randy.

"Most artists do a painting for themselves: to express themselves. When I do a portrait, pleasing the model is of equal importance to pleasing myself,” says Randy. "Every artist has a certain amount of interpretation that he puts into his art. I strive to know the model of my artwork. This allows all interpretations that I apply to bring about an even more intense representation of the person portrayed."

The price of a pen and ink on paper portrait starts at $1250.00 (twelve hundred and fifty U.S. dollars), depending on what is involved with producing your fine work of art. After discussing what you would like with the Artist, you will be quoted an exact price.

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