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According to Wikipedia, portraiture is an artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.  A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.

When I paint a portrait, I try to relate the subject with an underlying subplot which is designed to relate to them, their name, their job, their interests, etc.  In essence, my portraits are much like my paintings in that they're made to tell a story, not solely to capture a likeness.  

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