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I had a similar experience. A gentleman called me last year, asking if I could paint one of the founders of a San Diego based company. He said there were two portraits already done in the past and that he wanted this third one done in a similar, realistic style.
Assuming that he had seen my work, I told him my price and did not hear anything back. Then one day he called again, saying that he had given the job to someone else, but was not happy with the results. We agreed to meet and he brought the two old paintings, along with the failed attempt. The failed attempt looked like a clown picture with candy pink skin tones. It was so bad that I could hardly refrain from laughing . The other old paintings were prints that had been painted over. They also had brush strokes going all over the place fro no apparent reason.
I explained to my prospective client why my fees are what they are and told him what a quality portrait should look like. You know what his response was?
He said: " Well, but I don't want the portrait to look more realistic than these." I wished him good luck and slowly took my leave.
Some people just don't know any better!
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