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The White House, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon,
U.S. Coast Guard, universities, Tiffany & Company and other
major corporations have either asked some of our artists to send
their portfolios or requested our assistance in choosing an artist.
We've been featured in Art & Antiques magazine,BusinessWeek,
American Artist, The Artist's Magazine, New
York Metro Family Guide, Newsday and more. In a recent
NY Times article, five out of six artists featured in a portrait
article were from Stroke of Genius. See the
IN THE MEDIA page for details. We've also been contacted by
the Wall Street Journal and Town & Country magazine
regarding portrait articles.
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WINNERS page for all winners on this site.
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| View more than 1,200 examples of portrait
painting commissions from over 100 professional portrait artists.
MAIN GALLERY features every portrait
artist, but there are also many specialty galleries including... |
 POLITICAL
PORTRAITS where there are paintings of President Clinton, Hillary
Clinton, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Lawrence Eagleburger &
James A. Baker, former President Gerald Ford & more... |
 Private
and family commissions can be found across many galleries such as
WOMEN - FORMAL,
SIBLINGS INDOORS, ADULT & CHILD,
TEEN GIRLS, EQUESTRIAN
and more... |
 JUDICIAL
PORTRAITS features official portrait commissions of Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger, Judge Charles Thomas, Justice Thurgood Marshall,
Judge Ruth Ginsburg & more... |
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MILITARY PORTRAITS are official portraits
of Alexander Haig, James B. Stockdale and more... |
 OFFICIAL
& VIP GALLERY is a combination gallery where you'll find
corporate portraits, government official portraits and persons of
renown across all fields... |
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ACADEMIC PORTRAITS, you'll see paintings
of university presidents and other significant figures in education.
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SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OFFICIAL PORTRAIT
COMMISSIONS PAINTED BY OUR ARTISTS & OTHER EXCITING PORTRAIT HAPPENINGS |
 DANIEL
DUFFY was selected to paint the last 5 Secretaries of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development. 04/2008 |
 JOHN
ENNIS has been selected to paint Nobel Laureate Susumu Tonegawa of M.I.T.'s Picower
Institute. 05/26/2008 |
 TOM
EDGERTON painted VAdm Rodney P. Rempt, Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, &
will The Honorable Douglas Albright, retired from the NC Superior Court. 02/19/08 |
 ALEXANDRA
TYNG was awarded the portrait of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel
University. 1/31/2008 |
 CONNIE
SZERSZEN recently completed a portrait of Morland & Agnes Hamilton for St. Luke's
Medical Center in Milwaukee where 19 of her portraits hang in the main lobby and branches.
1/18/08 |
 LINDA
TRACEY BRANDON is working on commissions for three Brooklyn Law School professors.
9/7/2007 |
 JUNE
ELIZABETH BLACKSTOCK recently unveiled her portrait of the Hon. Charles F. Crisp,
37th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. 4/22/07 |
 GINNY
STANFORD recently painted an official portrait of former First Lady Hillary Clinton
for the Nat'l Portrait Gallery & has been commissioned by Duke for the Dean of the
Law School, Katharine Bartlett. 3/25/07 |
 LINDA
VISE has been selected to paint an official portrait of Congresswoman Kay Granger
for a school in Texas that will be named after her. 3/14/07 |
MICHAEL SHANE NEAL was selected to paint Senator Robert Byrd's official portrait
for the US Capitol, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Alan Hantman, Architect of the Captiol
for US Capitol, & Chief Judge Anthony Scirica. 11/30/06 |
 MICHELE
RUSHWORTH was selected to paint the official portrait of Governor Gary Locke of
Washington State. Rushworth is also creating the official portrait for Nevada Governor
Kenny C. Guinn. 11/30/06 |
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Oct 3, 2006, DANIEL
E. GREENE'S portrait of U.S. Sect'y of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman's official
Portrait was unveiled in Washington, DC. 10/14/2006 |
SIMMIE KNOX painted an official portrait of former President Clinton and First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton and was awarded the commission for the governor of Alabama. |
IGOR BABAILOV was commissioned to paint President Bush, President Putin, Rudolph
Giuliani, the Pope and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. |
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See more official commissions in our OFFICIAL and
VIP GALLERIES . . |
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SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2008 & 2007 COMPETITION & PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA, 2007
COMPETITIONS |
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See all COMPETITION WINNERS on this
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| IMPORTANT
PORTRAIT CONNECTIONS . . . |
 MASTERSOFPORTRAITART.COM
A beautiful site featuring some of the greats of contemporary portraiture
today - Daniel Greene, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Simmie Knox, John
Howard Sanden, Ronald Sherr, Aaron Shikler, Burton Silverman and
Richard Whitney. |
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STROKE OF GENIUS FINE ART BOOK STORE Features over 1,000 art
books with a slant towards portraiture and figurative. There are
instructional books, videos and DVD's in all mediums as well as
contemporary & historical portrait artists of interest to portrait
painters. |
 PORTRAIT
SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Portrait Society of America, the largest
non-profit organization dedicated to fine art portraiture and figurative
works in America. With over 2,750 members world-wide.
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 THE
WORLD OF PORTRAIT PAINTING by John Howard Sanden, features reviews
of exhibitions and books on portrait painting, analyses of great
portraits by masters of the past, practical information for the
working professional of today, and “shop talk” –
tips and suggestions from one artist to another. |
 ART
RENEWAL CENTER will soon have 1,000's of images of the greatest
painters & sculptors & an encyclopedic collection of essays,
bios and articles. Board Chairman is Fred Ross; board includes Banks,
Whitney, Elliot. |
 THE
PORTRAIT INSTITUTE was founded in 1974. Though no longer offering
seminars, the Institute continues to distribute John Sanden videos,
brush sets, books & specialty oil color sets that you can order
online. |
 PORTRAIT
SOCIETY OF ATLANTA is the oldest all volunteer portrait groups
in America. Membership is open to portrait artists in all parts
of the country. Our main purpose is to educate the public to a greater
awareness of the portrait as a valid and valuable art form. At the
same time we enrich our members by offering a variety of services. |
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