The Honorable William Nelson

[Garth Herrick]

Hi Linda,

Gosh, you are so kind with your compliments. Congratulations on your commissioned portrait of the late Judge William Nelson. I am glad you felt encouraged to post this. You have excellent draftsmanship in this portrait. I hope you get a chance to share a close-up, and more about your approach (although there is no requirement of that). While I don't know much about your alkyd paints, my technique was effectively alkyd in nature too, as I utilsed some WN Liquin as the medium. Most of the time I don't use this, but in my latest Judge, I did.

Were you commissioned by a Courthouse, or a family member; and had you actually known this Judge as a friend or in life? I feel at a disadvantage at an unveiling of a posthumous portrait, because invariably I am the only person out of everyone else present who did not know the subject in life. Of course it helps when people say the portrait captures the subject and "looks like a picture"! I hope you got a good response with this portrait. Where will it be displayed?

Welcome to this Forum,

Garth

By the way, if you need help or guidance toward posting images, don't hesitate to ask. I think you may have a second image but it does not show up yet.