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Ronald
Sherr, Alexandra
Tyng, Paul
Wyse and in the National Portrait Gallery of Australia
is Jiawei Shen.
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 NANETTE FLUHR 's official portrait of the Honorable Charles Apotheker, Former Judge of the County Court and Acting Justice of the Supreme Court was unveiled on November 6, 2019. The portrait will hang in the Rockland County Courthouse. 11/2019 |  SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official portrait of Venerable Brother Norbert McAuliffe S.C. was recently unveiled and will hang in the collection of the Mother House of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. 08/2019 |  SONIA HALE was commissioned to paint past President John Ettling's portrait for SUNY Plattsburgh (University). For this commission Sonia used a supplied photograph. The portrait was hung in the Feinberg Library on July 24, 2019. 08/2019 | SONIA HALE unveiled her official portrait of Karen Van Winkle, president of the Harvard Club of Boston, on April 3, 2019 at the club's 111th Annual Dinner. This is the first painting of a woman, other than one of a former club member, to hang at the clubhouse. 06/2019 |  ALICE GOLDSMITH completed & presented her portrait of Andrew Cornell, CEO of Cornell Cookson of Mountain Top, PA. Celebration event and unveiling will be held on June 14, 2019. 06/2019 |  NICOLE TROUP Summit Health commissioned Nicole Troup to paint their retiring CEO Norman Epstein which was unveiled at his retirement party.
06/2019 | NICOLE TROUP 's portrait of former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was unveiled at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. 06/2019 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's Official portrait of Former Connecticut Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman was recently delivered to the Connecticut State Capital.
The Portrait will hang in the Chambers Room at the Capital. 05/2019 |  BETSY ASHTON 's “Portraits of Immigrants” exhibition of paintings and stories of immigrants and refugees is on display in Brooklyn, New York, through March 8, 2020, at the Green Door Gallery in Williamsburg. 05/2019 |  JOHANNA SPINKS just won a "Citizen of The Year" Dolphin Award by the Malibu Dolphin Charitable Foundation for her portrait artwork in the community; the award recognized by the United States Congress and California State Senate at awards presentation. 05/2019 | | NANETTE FLUHR ’s official portrait of the Honorable Margaret Garvey, was recently unveiled. Judge Garvey was the first female Rockland County Supreme Court Justice and is the first female Judge to have her portrait hang in the Rockland County Courthouse. 03/2019 |  CHARLES YOUNG WALLS 's painting, "The Links of her Rubicon," was accepted into the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition starting May 10 at Illume Gallery in St. George, Utah. 03/2019 |  ELIZABETH WHELAN 's portrait of whaling captain Joseph G. Belain, a historic figure of African American and Wampanoag descent, was acquired by the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven, MA. 02/2019 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official portrait of the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, The Honorable Robert J. Lynn, was recently unveiled and will hang in the New Hampshire Supreme Court Building in Concord, New Hampshire. 02/2019 | BETSY ASHTON 's first major solo exhibition, "Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories" opened in Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue & 53rd St., New York City, to a standing room only crowd. It's 16 portraits of immigrants and refugees in paint and print. 01/2019 |  JOHN SEIBELS WALKER completed & presented his portrait of Harris Pastides & Patricia Moore-Pastides, President of the University of South Carolina and his wife. 01/2019 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's commission for the Official portrait of the Governor of South Dakota, Dennis Daugaard, was unveiled 12/3/18. The portrait will hang in the collection of the Capital of South Dakota. 12/2018 |  SCOTT WALLACE JOHNSTON recently completed & unveiled the official portraits of Dr. S. Alan Ray, President of Elmhurst College and U.S. District Court Judge and Director, Federal Judicial Center, Washington D.C., Judge Jeremy Fogel. 10/2018 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE attended the unveiling of her official portrait of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Aug 14th at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, Southern District Court of New York. 08/2018 |  MARY VILLON DE BENVENISTE 's painting of “Corinne’s World” was juried in to the very prestigious 2018 online exhibition of the Pastel Society of the West Coast. 08/2018 |  ANN MANRY KENYON just completed an oil portrait of the Governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey, which will hang in the Rotunda in the Montgomery Capitol. 08/2018 |  EDDIE FILER 's art was the subject of an article "Experiences and Inspiration" in the August issue of "The American Art Collector" 07/2018 |  LINDA TRACEY BRANDON is one of 6 artists in the upcoming “Women Painting Women 2018” Exhibition and Sale at the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, TN, opening Sep 6. 06/2018 | NANETTE FLUHR 's portrait "Reisa" was selected as a Finalist in the Art Renewal Center's 2018 International Salon. It was also featured in Poets and Artist 10th Anniversary Issue. 06/2018 | BETSY ASHTON 's first solo exhibition, a preview of nine of her "Portraits of Immigrants" was on display at the 2018 Long Island City Arts Open Festival. 05/2018 |
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 IGOR BABAILOV was commissioned to paint President Bush, President Putin, Rudolph Giuliani, the Pope and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |  SIMMIE KNOX painted the official White House portraits of President Clinton & First Lady Hillary Clinton and was awarded the commission for Governor of Alabama. |  JOHN HOWARD SANDEN unveiled his official White House portraits of President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at a White House ceremony June 2012. |  RONALD N. SHERR painted the official portrait of George H. W. Bush for the National Portrait Gallery & a double of him & George W. Bush for the George Bush Presidential Library & Museum. | | |
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 MastersofPortraitArt.com
Features many of the greats of contemporary portraiture today
— Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Simmie Knox,
John Howard Sanden, Ronald Sherr, Burton Silverman and Richard
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Stroke of Genius Fine Art Bookstore features over
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 Portrait
Society of America, Portrait Society of America, the
largest non-profit organization dedicated to fine art portraiture
and figurative works in America. With over 2,750 members worldwide. |
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Portrait Institute was founded in 1974. Though no
longer offering seminars, the Institute continues to distribute
John Sanden videos, brush sets, books & specialty oil
color sets that you can order online. |
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 Portrait
Society of Atlanta is the oldest all volunteer portrait
groups in America. Membership is open to portrait artists
in all parts of the country. Our main purpose is to educate
the public to a greater awareness of the portrait as a valid
and valuable art form. At the same time we enrich our members
by offering a variety of services. |
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 Maryland
Society of Portrait Artists is a non-profit organization
founded in 1982 for the purpose of promoting and encouraging
the development of portraiture. Membership is open to individuals
and organizations interested in the art of portraiture or
active in creating portraits in painting, drawing and sculpture.
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 Portrait
Society of Canada's mandate is to educate and increase
the public’s understanding and appreciations of the Art
of Portrait in Canada by providing art exhibitions, performances,
Portrait Arts Festivals, workshops, lectures and seminars
in public places and educational institutions in Canada. |
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Society of Portrait Painter's aim is to promote the
practice of and further excellence in painted portraiture
and offer a personal portrait commissions service.. |
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Renewal Center will soon have 1,000's of images of
the greatest painters & sculptors & an encyclopedic
collection of essays, bios and articles. Board Chairman is
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