How do you get from photo to canvas?

[Mike McCarty]

I think one can be accurate and expressive.

I also think that the viewer will extend much latitude to the artists personal expression if they have first established their bona fides in the critical areas of the drawing.

For me, photographs offer the ability to capture a unique perspective. In addition, they give me the opportunity, if I develop my skill such, to capture a likeness through accurate measurement. Beyond that, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to give the client something more, something that conveys a since of art and wonderment that is personal and unique to me, the artist.