Recreating a lost photo

Recreating a lost photo

If people know you paint people you get some strange and unique requests. This one was from an older gentleman who wanted his father’s uniform put on a portrait of himself. Can you figure that out without asking a lot of questions. Despite that I think the gentleman himself, his father, and Joy would have been pleased with the somewhat three-quarter view, a position used by many portrait artists, and the meticulous rendition of the regimental colours and emblems.

Pastel. Photo credit: Joy MacFadyen.

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