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Hi Alex,
Thanks for your comments and questions. At this early stage in my career, I usually am working on paintings that are not commissioned such as this one. However, when completed, if I have created something desirable, someone usually steps up to the plate and buys it. In a way it is kind of nice because I just follow my heart and paint exactly what I want, and if I touch someone else enough they buy it.
My wife gathered up a few of my brothers young daughters, dressed them nicely and we took them outside to a beautiful area and I took about 200 pictures experimenting with wide aperture settings with dappling sunlight through the shade.
After about 4 hours of going through the photos, tweaking and cropping in Photo shop etc...I came up with a few inspiring compositions that I wanted to paint. I chose several scenes that may be desirable to a gallery in case I need to go that route, and I was careful to get an accurate likeness in case my brother would want it. I would love to be able to gift it to my brother but this is all I am doing for a living right now and I have a family to support.
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