Intimate Originals

^{Intimate Originals

BESPOKE or
COMMISSIONED ART

PORTRAITS & OTHER GENRE}

^{If
you
are considering an addition to your collection, whether for home
, office or public space, collaborating with the right professional to
carry it out makes a difference in your final level of satisfaction. Seeing a portfolio of examples on the
web or viewing framed originals in oil. pastel, watercolors, pen and
ink or finished drawings in our gallery is helpful to reinforce or
explore for the variables.   It can also be helpful to see
examples and decide the
medium which will best compliment the work you envision.

The first consultation is free and absolutely non-obligating.
Feel free to download the brochure on this page (right). We would be
delighted to help you from idea to framed placement in one complete package
. A phone call or email is the first easy step toward taking a nice idea to
a stunning creation !}

Creating art for meaningful collections-
perhaps yours!

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Teresa Beth Hough
ARTIST STATEMENT

"My job is like living in a fairy tale sometimes--I hear a wish and make it come true in the form of art. What could be better than that!
                                      -TBH

              Though I paint other things this genre fascinates me most because of the human element and the fact that you have to be ready to paint almost any subject, so it is always interesting and challenging.
       Raymond Everett Kinstler at the Portrait Society of America advises, " To be a good portraitist, one has to become a 'generalist'--to be able to paint just about everything because the artist gets a broad variety of requests and needs to be adept in all areas of the composition".
       The 'stars' are the 'the little things'-- Working from a photos may be enough for many artist but the caliber of painting is markedly different. A person will sit for me for several sessions, but one day will be time I paint the hair, simply because it's a good hair day. What photographer would ever do that! The nuances that epitomize one's character, the personal best they can look, is what I aim to portray.
         You can go to any museum in the world, and no matter how small the building or humble the collection, there's always a portrait. As a genre it is unsurpassed. We love to view a beautiful painting of a person, even if we don't know the subject nor are able to judge its likeness - like Mona Lisa. Important works are often portraits - like Van Gogh's "Dr. Gachet", which set an all time record high when it changed hands at auction. Portraits are important and give lasting joy. I sincerely believe that every collection should have at least one; it is an honor to be a part of this fine tradition.

-TBH

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