Mothers Day commissions were a delight to paint
I am so fortunate, my clients have seriously amazing family photos. I mean, take a look for yourselves!
This Mother’s Day I offered a limited amount of commission slots to create special gifts for moms.
I love working with archives, and I prefer casual, personal archives that consist of less than perfect photographs. When I say less than perfect, I mean not perfect in that classical photography, proper composition and lighting, way. But these are very much a perfection of true and fleeting moments captured: sun soaked summer vacations, goofy grins and wind swept hair.
It’s a precious thing to be trusted with someone’s special memory. To interpret it, to paint in color and image that has been etched in memory in black and white. I deeply appreciate this trust and then in turn trust my own instincts to imbue the painting with the same feeling of summer freedom and sunlight that I feel pouring off the photograph.
I love learning about the memories and the stories behind the images.
Just look at these two! The gal with the catch is the one who commissioned the painting for her mom, and she isn’t just posing in this picture. She did catch all that fish all by herself that day. I’d be beaming with pride and joy too 😁🐠
Here is an email I woke up to a few days ago:
”Just got the most amazing package!!! You nailed it, Tatyana!!! I am just speechless. I am going to just place the painting in B’s house and wait for him to notice. He will know it was your work right away! I love these kinds of surprises.
And the one of me and my brother– I just stared for the longest time. Don’t know what to say, but THANK YOU. You recreated a moment I treasure even more.”
B from the e-mail is the little bundle of joy in his mom’s arms right here
Mom’s so stylish, check out those killer Betty Page bangs!
Now is a perfect time to get a great deal on your commission
You know you have your own great family photos that are gathering dust in an album or sitting all lonely in the cloud or on your phone. And as of the time of writing this blog post, I have three more commissions available for those who contribute to the Tatyana’s First Mural crowdfunding campaign.
And if you feel hesitant and unsure which pictures to choose and whether your favorite ones will make a good painting, send them to me and we can chat about it over e-mail or via a video call.
My e-mail address is contact@tatyanaostapenko.com
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