087COLLECTOR'S FOCUS: PORTRAITSmakes them who they are. One of his recent
works, Morning Walk – Larry Hall, was from
a five-day painting trip to Mexico with a
group of artists.
“One morning Larry and I came out and
were waiting outside the inn for the other
artists to come out. We were talking and
I noticed the beautiful lighting on Larry,”
the artist recalls. “‘Don’t move,’ I said.
‘I want to paint your portrait in this light.’
He was game enough and stayed still. I got
my camera out and clicked the reference
pictures from which I painted this portrait.
This is the second portrait of mine that he
owns. It won two first place awards in juried
exhibitions apart from being exhibited in
several others.”
For more than 30 years Stephen Moody
has been creating portrait art. He started
out as a professional photographer in 1984,
and everyone told him that his portraits
looked like paintings. Eventually he
began painting and had his first art show
in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2003 where three
works sold opening night. He then moved
to the city.
Moody says, “I love creating portrait art.
It is important for me to get to know the
client so I may show their personality in
the painting...something I want to share
with future generations who will view this
piece of art.”
For artist Susie Peelle, “Capturing the
mood of the moment is an exciting chal-lenge when painting from life,” she says.
“For me, the alla prima method facilitates
the fusion of inspiration, concept and
rendering in portraiture, with the end result
being likeness and character unique to
each model.”
Suzanne Anan creates figurative compo-
sitions with women as her primary subject.
She works in all mediums, but prefers
the unpredictability of painting, and the
humility and vulnerability required in
every stroke of oil onto canvas. Her work
is inspired by poetry and literature. Her raw
material comes from real life. Her images
are gloriously human, revealing the evoca-
tive expressions of her thought-provoking
subjects. Anan says, “When a woman- M. Camille Day, Waiting, oil, 16 x 12" 38. Boz Droca, Sarah, oil, 36 x 24" 39. M. Camille Day, Paint Us! Paint Us!, oil, 16 x 20" 40. Ewa Zeller, Working Man, oil on canvas,
14 x 11" 41. M. Camille Day, Coffee at the Cracker Barrel, oil, 12 x 12" 42. Sivananda Nyayapathi, Morning Walk – Larry Hall, oil on canvas, 24 x 18" 43. Viondette Lopez,
Joy, watercolor on paper, 17 x 15" 44. Susie Peelle, The Look, oil on Masonite, 20 x 16" 45. Viondette Lopez, Black Lives Matter, watercolor and ink on paper, 23 x 22" - Julie Beth Wileman, Boys at the Beach, oil on canvas, 11 x 14" 47. Susie Peelle, Purple Feather, oil on Masonite, 14 x 11"
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