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Thanks, David! I have to admit that I was wondering why no one reacted to this one. Nice to hear that you like it. Yes, I get the Mayor of the Year commission annually. The first time this happened they were honoring the governor, who had been mayor of Woodbridge, NJ before his election. The director of the organization had had me create portraits for another occasion and also commissioned one of his daughter. I assume that when he was casting about for a special way to honor these awardees he decided to have me do the portraits, since I live nearby and it was easy for him to work with me.
This is my fourth one and I enjoyed it. I don't always get to take the reference photos but in this case I did. Last year the honoree was Albio Sires, the Speaker of the State Assembly, and it was to be a surprise so I had to scramble for some good photos. I actually found the ones I used on the web (although we did, of course, get permission from the photographers), and then I borrowed some photos from the director to fill in the background of the golf scene.
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