Alexandra,
What a wonderful experience to be able to celebrate your father's life, both privately through painting him and on such an international scale. The painting is beautiful!
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I literally felt as though I were bringing him to life, but in the role of creator
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I found this remark rather interesting. Last year my father in law passed away and I did a portrait of him for my husband, while he went back home to be with his mom. Doing this posthumous painting was the most difficult thing I have ever done. I cried just about every 5 minutes into working on the painting. I felt like the more form he developed the more he seemed to come alive, which made it more difficult for me to deal with his loss. I applaud your courage and determination to get your dad's painting done in such a short time and with such great success.